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Corp taxes low, cost of living low (for now), HEAPS of open space (important for Tesla), UT Austin's compsci program (which is ranked) provides a good pipeline,
by nunez 5y ago
Corp taxes low, cost of living low (for now), HEAPS of open space (important for Tesla), UT Austin's compsci program (which is ranked) provides a good pipeline, engineers from the Bay are moving to Austin at an increasingly high rate, and demographics are shifting more progressive.
I think the writing is on the wall for tech in CA honestly
- dane-pgp 5y agoIf the demographics of Texas is really shifting more progressive, then the writing could also be on the wall for Republican presidential campaigns. Perhaps at that point the party will suddenly find itself again embracing the wisdom of the proposed Lodge-Gossett constitutional amendment, which got as far as approval by a super majority in the US Senate in 1950. https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/analysis-fractional-proportional-lodge-gossett-method-awarding-electoral-votes https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/analysis-fractional-prop...
- belltaco 5y agoWhy would Democrats support that?
- dane-pgp 5y agoBecause it would make presidential election outcomes more likely to reflect the popular vote (which is the morally right thing to do), and because it reduces the risk that small changes in big states create vastly different election outcomes (which is the strategically right thing to do, if you expect your opponent to cheat, lie, and start insurrections based on false claims).
- jasondigitized 5y agoRepublicans are doing everything they can to prolong the demographic tidal wave coming their way in the next 20 years. Texas will be blue eventually.