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I agree, Texas.
Texas’ governor is looking to reassert his state’s sovereignty.
He wants to scrap unfunded mandates as part of this. One of the most pernicious and recent unfunded mandates? Texas’ former governor, President George W. Bush’s, No Child Left Behind. Eh?
Other unfunded mandates?
The Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) (Democratic Congress, Republican president, no veto)
The National Minimum Drinking Age Act (1984) (Democrat Congress, Republican president, no veto)
The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (1986) (Democrat Congress, Republican president, no veto)
The Clean Air Act (first in 1955, most recently in 2003) (Republican presidents, various Congresses)
The Clean Water Act (1972) (Democratic Congress overrode veto of Republican president, but later amendments signed into law by Reagan)
What is it with Republican presidents and unfunded mandates?! Why don’t they care about states’ rights???The National Minimum Drinking Age Act (1984) (Democrat Congress, Republican president, no veto)
The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (1986) (Democrat Congress, Republican president, no veto)
The Clean Air Act (first in 1955, most recently in 2003) (Republican presidents, various Congresses)
The Clean Water Act (1972) (Democratic Congress overrode veto of Republican president, but later amendments signed into law by Reagan)
Oh, right… Unfunded mandates keep the federal deficit down while address major, constituency-busting problems like education, equal access, road deaths, and the environment. So, while Democrats are likely to sign into law stimulus packages or programs that address problems and offer a way to pay for them, Republicans are more likely only to sign bills that address major, federal or hot-button problems by making them the problems of the several states.
So, please, Texas governor, let’s get rid of unfunded mandates and the people who shove them down your throats - Republican presidents.
Or you can just secede. Do we really want you guys anyway?
