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Freethinker65

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39. Of course it was sarcasm, and I hope you win this in TX, but this is the direction things seem to be heading...

Tue Dec 19, 2023, 05:42 PM

Dec 2023

and those proposing such laws keep getting re-elected in TX. Until there is an economic loss for the State with employees and businesses demanding the restoration of rights or picking up and moving out, TX will continue to slide backwards.

Anecdotally, my unattached non-college graduate 26 yo son said he would not move to TX (he has had opportunities to) even for higher pay and he is currently in a low level retail job. No way he would move a young family there.

To further the sarcasm, perhaps other States could offer asylum to those that want to emigrate from TX? Honestly, when you think about it, asylum seekers have found ways to leave everything and many people behind and risk everything for their own/their families' welfare. States are already offering to provide medical care for women with problem/risky pregnancies denied care. Abbott recently has vowed to defy US federal immigration laws. TX is being allowed to be run like whole other country.

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Of course it was sarcasm, and I hope you win this in TX, but this is the direction things seem to be heading... Freethinker65 Dec 2023 #39

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