Wow, hi Chris, I can tell your rhetoric anywhere. This is a perfect example of one of the problems facing this country and this State, too many people, especially those "in charge", talk and act from assumptions and perceptions, they don't research and use facts or truth.
From your opening statement, you are being hypocritical. I am the ONLY Candidate that is pushing for "mandatory Associates Degree" level education, HELLO...that is College education. If you would have read my Education page, you would have seen that the proceeds from the Public Works projects go to pay for this. Texas does not have Income Tax, it makes its money from Sales Tax, fees, and fines. By removing costs from one area, we free up money that is already available for other projects. Taxes on Electricity are not so exorbitant as to cause a system melt-down if we don't collect them. And finally, under my system people like me wouldn't exist, so your ultimate wish of a world comprised of College educated people only, would actually be a reality. If you are so one-track minded for this, I AM YOUR CANDIDATE, no other Candidate is pushing for anything even close to my Plan!
If you had actually read my proposals instead of just trying to find ways to knock them down, you would realize that a State funded project leaves ownership of the Electric Company in State hands, the State is another word for the People of Texas, or at least how I would run it. You already pay, in taxes, for the electricity that the Government offices, etc., use. The taxes you pay would be enough to offset maintenance costs for the Texas Power Grid, which after construction would be the only cost incurred. As I stated, most Texans would be served by Community and Individual power systems, and the excess sold to our neighbors, again generating income to cover Health Care and Education projects, for example. By reducing costs to Texans, we put more money in their pocket, that generates more spending, which in turn creates businesses, jobs, and consumerism, all of which increase the Tax Base.
I have stated several times on virtually every page how important education is to solve the problems, many successful company heads and Presidents, let's take Abraham Lincoln for example, were not college educated. Obviously it worked so well for you, but I learn in a different manner, I like to go to the source, not hear the watered down version from a teacher with an agenda. And did you learn all this anger and hatred you spout at a college, if so I'm glad I didn't go to your school.
You live in a country that your "respectable", "College Educated", "short hair" Politicians have taken our money to pay the very people that have bankrupted our country. Your "first hand" job holding people have made sure they eat the best cuts while giving the people the crumbs, and corrupted Capitalism, Business Ethics and practices, the Law, and our Constitutional Rights.
Maybe you think 24 years of self-employment in SEVERAL fields, not just "titty bars" is ""second hand" to selling Perfume in a mall, but, I can build a house, put in all the electrical, plumbing, doors, windows, shingle the roof, then trick out the yard with an awesome assortment of landscape projects, by myself. And, thanks for insulting virtually every hard working American and Texan.
Almost no one still endorses the "War on Drugs" as a successful or efficient way to handle use or addiction, including many of those that have fought on the front lines of this war. But, it's an awesome way to criminalize and lock up more people than ANY dictatorship in the world (in Texas alone). The war has cost so much money and killed so many good people, and still drugs exist, more pure, more plentiful, and cheaper than ever before, maybe there might be a solution that actually works we could try. I never said to legalize any drug for personal use, just medicinal. After alcohol, prescription drugs are the most abused substances in America, should we turn them all into Schedule 1 drugs too? Maybe we should let people suffer and die just to stop a small portion of our population from abusing drugs.
"Texas budgeted $27 billion dollars in health care spending for the 2008-2009 biennium, of which 42.6 percent comes from State Funds and 48.4 percent comes from Federal Funds (9 percent comes from “Other Funds”)... It is important to note that while Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) are often referred to as the main sources of state health spending, a large proportion also goes towards health care plans for state employees, university students, prisoners, and a number of other recipients of state-mandated health insurance. At the local level we also pay taxes that go towards our health districts, health care for local public employees such as teachers and other school district employees, as well as the County Indigent Health Program. "
Info provided by : Texas Impact
http://texasimpact.org/txspending+budget
Health Care, in part, is funded by federal money from State taxes, there are several Organizations, Funds, and Trusts that fund different areas, as well. But in the final analysis, it is controlled by the State once the money is their hands. The State also uses a share of State money to pay for different aspects of medical costs and it controls the Medicaid and Medicare Disbursements and Insurance Companies and their rates. If you would have bothered to read all the Data and check my sources, you would know about the Health Care situation.
I will not rehash my entire plan here, though it is obvious that you didn't read it, you just scanned it and picked it apart. As a Combat Medic, seat belt fatalities and Drug Deaths are not your forte, but in a free society, no one has the right to decide for me what is best. I do not argue that seat belts save lives, I argue that you cannot impose a law upon the people "for their own good", as we have seen with our new administration, it opens a door for much worse things to come through. Unlike you, I am a Constitutional American that believes in Freedom of People's Choice, not Dictatorial Laws. As a fellow Vet, I would have thought you understood the oath to protect the Constitution, sorry for assuming.
You, obviously, are extremely happy that our country is headed down the path to Tyranny. Your statements make it sound as if you agree with forcing people to do what you want, regardless of their Rights. I will serve you as Governor, as I will serve everyone, but I will never agree with your ideology.
I understand that a lot of what I propose is radically different than what you're used to, or what people have been led to believe is the only way. Read my sources, learn the truth, which I assure you, you didn't learn in College, then make an EDUCATED decision, not a knee-jerk one.
At least you responded, so I thank you from the bottom of my heart, and, your Dad is really kewl.
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