.....And here’s the truth about Texas politics. The real action isn’t in the culture war bills. The real action is in the corruption. The system here is built to funnel public money into private hands, to write checks for billionaires and corporations while the rest of us get stuck footing the bill. Bills that hand out tax breaks to oil companies, deregulate corporate polluters, starve public schools, gut worker protections, and make it easier for big donors to keep getting richer. Those are the ones that slide through while everyone is yelling about drag queens and border walls.
It’s been going on for so long that it no longer shocks people. Corruption is the water Texas politics swims in. A contract here, a subsidy there, a new loophole for the same old lobbyists, it’s just “business as usual.” And because it’s business as usual, no one hardly even bats an eye when Democrats like Zaffirini, Hinojosa, or former Senator Eddie Lucio Jr. line up with Republicans on these votes.
That’s the cycle. Republicans set the agenda for their donors, the culture war bills grab the headlines, and the corruption bills slide by with bipartisan support. And instead of standing as a real opposition, some Democrats have become willing participants. Helping to normalize the corruption, rubber-stamp it, and keep the whole rotten machine running.....
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