Still, just as in all things when they start going in the correct direction after a long struggle, there will be a sense of Why did we not do this earlier?
I suppose one could probably reason that showing people by distributing the burden to other cities and having it affect people helped create farther reaching public support for it.
Some structural change must have taken place in Texas politics for this to happen, or maybe one side got hold of some bigger blackmail material.
The alarm has been blaring loudly on this for years. Can't just be a matter of just now recognizing the urgency of this action, (which I really want believe until I see results.)
You don't just go from doing nothing to an action like this because the pot is suddenly boiling over. The pot has been boiling over for a years.
It took them long enough.
ALL avenues had to be "exhausted" first before doing this...Native Texan at you're service!!!!
Still, just as in all things when they start going in the correct direction after a long struggle, there will be a sense of Why did we not do this earlier?
I suppose one could probably reason that showing people by distributing the burden to other cities and having it affect people helped create farther reaching public support for it.
Isn't that what FDR did with Pearl Harbor to get Americans to support joining WW2?
Because we are in a war. Ffs
He did nothing for years.
This is been going on for years.
What was it Churchill said "The Americans always do the right thing, but only after they've exhausted every other alternative".
Yes, and it's a great and accurate quote.
Some structural change must have taken place in Texas politics for this to happen, or maybe one side got hold of some bigger blackmail material.
The alarm has been blaring loudly on this for years. Can't just be a matter of just now recognizing the urgency of this action, (which I really want believe until I see results.)
You don't just go from doing nothing to an action like this because the pot is suddenly boiling over. The pot has been boiling over for a years.
Amen.
Nope, the border had to happen. The pressure is building.
Hell yes it did.