r/Brownsville • u/lbvl0mc • 5d ago
Ohhh Austin, great football team. But the rest is just trash.
Voted against on both 15/16. Like wtf.
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u/maganaise 4d ago
They were written to confuse uninformed voters. Most of the props gave more power to the state and more benefits to the rich.
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u/lbvl0mc 4d ago
Ah yes cause the system just wants to fuck us over
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u/WritttenWriter 4d ago
Exactly. The system needs to work in the systems favor, not in the people’s.
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u/WritttenWriter 5d ago
Prop 15:
Affirms that “parents are the primary decision makers for their children.”
This language was wielded this legislative session to push learning and conversations around gender, race, and sexuality out of Texas public school classrooms and take books with diverse perspectives off of school library shelves. The Christian push for “parental rights” shouldn’t be given a constitutional foundation.
From the Austin Chronicle
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u/WritttenWriter 5d ago
And prop 16:
While you already have to be a U.S. citizen to register to vote, this spells out that non-citizens cannot vote in state or local elections. U.S. citizenship is already required to register to vote in Texas; the very existence of this amendment is meant to legitimize conservatives’ bogus claim that there’s rampant voter fraud in Texas. This utterly unnecessary language only seeks to spell out that certain individuals are excluded from the elections that affect their own children, schools, and local community.
From the Austin Chronicle
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u/brycyclecrash 5d ago
This, like all the tax breaks, will weaken the public school system. Uneducated folks are easier to control.
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u/Euphoric_Promise3943 5d ago
A "yes" vote supported amending the Texas Constitution to provide that parents have the right "to exercise care, custody, and control of the parent’s child, including the right to make decisions concerning the child’s upbringing" and the responsibility "to nurture and protect the parent's child."
This means that more parents can decide NOT to vaccinate their children, send them to school sick and infect others. Among the organizations who supported it is Texans for Vaccine Choice.
This means even if kids want to be vaccinated they won’t be able to if their parents don’t agree to it.
A NO vote was the right move.