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I have been doing a lot of thinking since the election. For the past two years we sure have been hearing a whole lot about “change”. The local and state election results have me wondering what kind of change if any do people want.
The voters in Austin Texas voted down a proposition that would PREVENT the City from giving Simon Malls (one of the largest real estate developers in the world) 65 million dollars in tax breaks. Are you kidding me? Why on earth would anyone vote to give a high end luxury mall 65 million dollars? We also approved a property tax increase that is supposedly going to be to increase teacher’s salaries. Do the people here actually think that the average American can afford to pay any more taxes?
On the state level John Cornyn was re-elected as Senator. This was after he voted in favor of the unpopular Bailout bill. My Congressman Michael Mc Caul somehow managed to win his race even though he is a die hard Iraq war supporter.
It was no surprise that Barrack Obama defeated John McCain in the Presidential race. We all saw that one coming? Will President elect Barrack Obama be able to deliver the “Change” he has been promising? So far I have seen him back off on establishing a time table to withdraw our troops from Iraq. He’s now saying that we need to be careful bringing them out and he wants to send even more troops to Afghanistan. This should not come as a surprise to anyone. Especially since he voted in favor of the FISA bill he claimed that he was against. He was meeting with the heads of Google and Time Warner over the weekend to discuss financial matters. More control by big corporate interests? There have also been several news reports about increased gun sales. Apparently many people are worried that our 2nd Amendment will be totally destroyed shortly after Inauguration Day.
I think we are going to get change. Unfortunately it appears to be change in the wrong direction. It appears that both on the local and national level the majority of the people are still asleep.
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