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For many, the Democratic party left me and swung to the left. I'm all for policies which are low taxes & limited government (remember under Trump & before coron

For many, the Democratic party left me and swung to the left. I'm all for policies which are low taxes & limited government (remember under Trump & before corona, we had record unemployment even among minorities). Hence my move to a red, growing state (Texas). It's a vote between economic growth and personal freedom over culture/identity politics.

psychometry 5y ago
Unfortunately you misunderstand not just the indicators of a healthy economy (hint: look at cost of living and changes in wealth distribution and not just employment figures) but also the reasons for why such indicators change over time. On economic issues, people ascribe far too much blame or thanks to whoever happens to be president at the time. Whatever positive indicators you think pointed to a healthy economy in 2017 or whenever probably have nothing to do with the regime at the time; that was just the continuation of a decade of post-recession growth. Anyway, where are you going to move to next now that Texas is slowly turning purple?
JshWright 5y ago
"Record unemployment" gives a lot of credit for something that largely happened under Obama. What was the percentage improvement? "Trump didn't screw it up" isn't as impressive a claim though, I suppose...
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long_time_gone 5y ago
I don't see where this bill supports "limited government", it seems like the government is expanding it's powers by restricting yet another thing. I'm more of a quality-of-life kind of person, but to each their own. If I was optimizing for "personal freedom", I'd try find a state that allows you to do things like use legal marijuana, bet on sports, purchase a Tesla in-state, automatically register to vote, etc. And while Texas does have an impressive economic growth record, some other states (California and NY) are actually growing faster [1]: The most trusted measure of economic strength says California is the world-beater among democracies. The state’s gross domestic product increased 21% during the past five years, dwarfing No. 2 New York (14%) and No. 3 Texas (12%), according to data compiled by Bloomberg. I remember before Corona, we had record deficits and government spending. How is that an example of limited government? [1] https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-06-14/california-defies-doom-with-no-1-u-s-economy https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-06-14/califo...

psychometry 5y ago

Unfortunately you misunderstand not just the indicators of a healthy economy (hint: look at cost of living and changes in wealth distribution and not just employment figures) but also the reasons for why such indicators change over time. On economic issues, people ascribe far too much blame or thanks to whoever happens to be president at the time. Whatever positive indicators you think pointed to a healthy economy in 2017 or whenever probably have nothing to do with the regime at the time; that was just the continuation of a decade of post-recession growth. Anyway, where are you going to move to next now that Texas is slowly turning purple?

JshWright 5y ago

"Record unemployment" gives a lot of credit for something that largely happened under Obama. What was the percentage improvement? "Trump didn't screw it up" isn't as impressive a claim though, I suppose...

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long_time_gone 5y ago

I don't see where this bill supports "limited government", it seems like the government is expanding it's powers by restricting yet another thing. I'm more of a quality-of-life kind of person, but to each their own. If I was optimizing for "personal freedom", I'd try find a state that allows you to do things like use legal marijuana, bet on sports, purchase a Tesla in-state, automatically register to vote, etc. And while Texas does have an impressive economic growth record, some other states (California and NY) are actually growing faster [1]: The most trusted measure of economic strength says California is the world-beater among democracies. The state’s gross domestic product increased 21% during the past five years, dwarfing No. 2 New York (14%) and No. 3 Texas (12%), according to data compiled by Bloomberg. I remember before Corona, we had record deficits and government spending. How is that an example of limited government? [1] https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-06-14/california-defies-doom-with-no-1-u-s-economy https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-06-14/califo...