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Texas government is notorious for being more historically conservative than the rest of the country. Whether that be in presidential elections or simply in the more minor local and state laws passed by legislators, Texas has always leaned to the right. However, even when the rest of the country has started to move over to the progressive side, Texas has stayed put.

Being a generally conservative Republican state, Texas continues to follow dated ideologies in comparison to other states. An example of Texas going against the recent progressive wave in the US regards its perspective on marijuana. More and more states are legalizing recreational marijuana, whereas Texas is hesitant to allow even medical marijuana. Another example is Texas's opposition to DACA. Even though the fight for equal rights from immigrants all over the nation is strengthening, and the Latin population in the state is one of the largest in the country, Texas refuses to acknowledge that and remains put on it stance regarding illegal immigrants and the process they must go through to gain their legal status.

Austin, Texas, however, is a surprisingly blue region. The influx of liberals into the city is growing exponentially, primarily stemming from California. Because of this, Austin's political stance has also turned Democratic. The progressives that make up Austin local government are usually against the conservative laws that are pushed forth by Republican state legislators. Its influence is growing, though. Recent years have shown that while Texas as a whole has been voting Republican for a while, the Democratic presence in national elections is growing.


The high population of white conservatives in Texas will likely continue to control the state and local government. However, while Texas will probably continue to be Republican as a whole, the growing influence of liberals and progressives in the state will keep Texas from going as far right as it has in the past.

A reply.

 I definitely agree with your argument, I feel that us as a nation could've avoided many of these tragedies that broke apart families and took away many loved ones. Gun control is an ongoing issue that doesn't quite make sense if 23 incidents have occurred in 2018 alone that involves the mass killing of innocent civilians, this should be an eye opener to our Government. Unfortunately, we have organizations such as the NRA that control many of the aspects of the laws on gun reform through their power of lobbying our government. The NRA has been operating since 1975 specifically for what they want gun reform to look like in the United States. I feel like not much can be done until a just as strong organization can move against the horrific ideology of the NRA.

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With the overwhelming increase in both cost of living and gentrification of traditional Austin neighborhoods, it is my strong conviction that our local city government should move forward with plans to provide for affordable housing projects to preserve our shrinking community.

Plans such as this have received widespread community support, and many drafts of potential plans have been shown to be both popular and implementable. For instance, the People’s Plan is once such proposed solution that even local politicians ostensibly support, yet they still to this day have failed to make actionable moves to have the plan put into practice in the city while our community continued to lose ground to skyrocketing property taxes.

The failure of local politicians (most notable recently being councilman Greg Casar) to make good on plans the community has supported has served to further divide the community even more, with many of those affected greatest by the changes in property taxes facing an ever looming threat of losing their homes and livelihoods. The massive increases our community has been experiencing in these rates demands that our local government act swiftly, before our community is irrevocably changed.

The failure of local politicians (most notable recently being councilman Greg Casar) to make good on plans the community has supported has served to further divide the community even more, with many of those affected greatest by the changes in property taxes facing an ever looming threat of losing their homes and livelihoods. The massive increases our community has been experiencing in these property tax rates demands that our local government act swiftly, before our community is irrevocably changed and it’s people done overwhelming economic harm.

Recent events

In light of the recent tragedies, one author decided to bring back to our attention that some schools were accepting bribes in monetary value in order to admit students who were not at all eligible for any the programs the school had to offer. Not only did they make their way in to these schools illegally, the students didn't even know that their parents bribed they universities for them. Randi Lynn Tanglen, a writer for the Dallas news offers the audience a bit more to bargain for. By providing the readers with little unknown facts about the topic. The author makes sure to reach out to a more justice filled audience, an audience who will for sure be against the idea of corruption in our education system.

The author provides quite some detail by making any comparisons of the institution she currently attends regularly versus the institutions that let this occur and actually encouraged the schemes of bribing incapable students and putting them in such a high position in which they are not prepared for. Tanglen provided some very delicate information, she also retrieved some information from The Pew Research Center and according to a study they've conducted they've determined Our higher education system is " Heading in the wrong direction" and many dismiss the value of a college degree, especially the worth of a liberal arts education. I personally have to agree with Randi Tanglen, her point is very clear and in my eyes it'll be nothing less than unethical to think otherwise.

Trump's overpriced America

In slightly complex articles its easy to get the idea of what the author of the article is trying to portray, based off of many liberal writers, I have understood the idea that the majority of these authors absolutely dislike Donald Trump on a number of occasions where they make sure to emphasize the idea of how they perceive Donald Trumps new and upcoming political policies. Referencing to a piece  written by The editorial board of The Dallas Morning News on February 22nd, in this editorial what a reader may find interesting, another may find as hate towards our president. All political supporters have become a bit more on the sensitive side due to recent events. In regards to this certain article, I tend to agree with the logic completely. I've always lived by the old saying "if it ain't broken don't fix it" and I believe this fits perfectly within this scenario and it may come off as a strong liberal thing to say but it is the truth. The author is definitely looking to reach a liberal audience. If our economy is strong and getting stronger, why would we want to tamper with it and possibly even move major corporations that have set ground here in the United States for their production and distribution motives? Many individuals employed within the Major brand Toyota are at risk for losing their employment opportunities within the company due to a rise in tariffs, because why would a company as big as Toyota want to stay somewhere if they can operate in a different area or region for a lot cheaper. If the tariff is passed, it can potentially add a whopping $2,270 per car built on U.S soil which is utterly disgusting. I think the tax dollars that we are currently paying is more than enough. Not once was there a decision which was made through trumps duration in office was for the people, all decisions made by Trump call only for more power to our government. The editorial board of the Dallas Morning News seems very credible on the topic, and the board also makes a very interesting argument. 

Life without borders.

The wall, all were hearing about is the wall, the government shut downs and what our Texas representatives are doing to encourage the movements and push forward with the building of a wall. A wall that we've been fine without since god knows when. A wall that will put around 800,000 people without pay, the question is why, why is our government so selfish and self centered. Why hasn't our government taken into consideration that they have such a mass amount of employees who are seeking to get paid to hold a shelter and feed their families. A wall that us hard working day to day Americans are going to pay for with our hard earned tax dollars. The decision should be made by the people in the form of a vote. Trump is just a puppet for congress. I think this article was worth reading for quite a few reasons for starters, it clearly shows how backwards our government works also shows how incapable our current president is at handling situations under pressure.

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