THREAD: Ok- so they have the Senate, House, & Executive and #Kennedy just gave them the Judiciary for the next 30 years. Now what? In 2004 Obama said there was no Red or Blue America. He tried to govern that way. He lost. WE lost.
With #SCOTUS set to eviscerate civil rights, it will be all about the States. One set of restrictive laws for Red America and one set of progressive laws for Blue America. We tried to protect all Americans. They wouldn't let us. So now what?
If they plan to defund everything, let's outdo them. Let's vote to cut federal income taxes. They can cover only military. Divide Social security up by population and give it to the states. Let each state administer it. Same with Medicare & Medicaid.
And then they get the consequences of their policies without us subsidizing them. Blue states can raise taxes (because people will no longer pay fed income tax) to provide services where the fed. government used to.
Blue states will have great healthcare & education. We will have cleaner rivers and air. We can repair our infrastructure and invest in updating our transportation systems. And red states can underfund all of those things.
We can raise minimum wage, expand voting rights, protect women's rights (including abortion), LGBTQ rights, rights for POC, immigrants, and members of religious minorities. And red states can devolve into a repressive theocracy.
As appealing as low taxes might be for some businesses, an educated, healthy, happy workforce will be more so. Blue States will thrive and Red States will fail. Then, citizens in red states would have a decision to make as to whether they REALLY wanted this.
For those liberals stuck in Red states (I feel ya in Austin, Atlanta etc), perhaps we can set up a relocation fund for refugees from Red America. And I know moving isn't an option for most people, but I don't see any other way.
Republicans are determined to turn this country into a repressive, reactive, and ultimately failed state. Kennedy just gave them the way to do it. It's now up to us in Blue America to determine how many of us they will take down.
I'm bitter and angry. Tell me another way out. Please. I really want to hear one. /END
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