{"id":496,"date":"2022-10-11T20:50:33","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T23:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noticias-gerais.online\/?p=496"},"modified":"2023-02-21T23:33:14","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T02:33:14","slug":"beto-orourke-a-economia-do-texas-e-bem-sucedida-mas-nao-mais-por-causa-de-greg-abbott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noticias-gerais.online\/en\/beto-orourke-a-economia-do-texas-e-bem-sucedida-mas-nao-mais-por-causa-de-greg-abbott\/","title":{"rendered":"Beto O'Rourke: Texas economy is successful, but no longer because of Greg Abbott"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Texas economic system is booming, but it's no longer because of Governor Greg Abbott \u2013 it's even with him, Beto O'Rourke said on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not going well because of any meat pressure \u2013 Democrats, independents, or anyone else,\u201d the Democratic gubernatorial candidate said of Texas\u2019s economic system during a meeting with the editorial board of The Dallas Morning News. \u201cIt\u2019s going well because of the entrepreneurs and risk-takers, the employees who deliver the cost day after day.\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c"In Greg Abbott today, we have someone who is undermining much of that power and success in our financial system."\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

By most measures, Texas' financial system is a long-standing success story, but O'Rourke has been attempting to undermine one of Abbott's most reliable strengths. He says Texans are paying too much in taxes and inflation-indexed fees, and if elected governor, he would enrich their regular lives with the help of expanding Medicaid and compelling businesses to pay their fair share of property taxes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Abbott responded that O'Rourke would harm Texas' financial system, especially since he supports energy guidelines that the governor says would burden oil producers. Abbott was invited but declined to be interviewed by the editorial board.<\/span><\/p>\n

The former congressman from El Paso told The Information that energy bills have long since increased to a standard of $$ 45 for thirty days after the Texas power grid faltered during the 2021 winter storm, leaving millions without power.<\/span><\/p>\n

Subsequently, O'Rourke noted that Toyota's San Antonio plant needed to cancel its third shift over the next 12 months because it was consuming too much energy from the grid.<\/span><\/p>\n

He also noted that Texans are currently paying US$$ 20 billion more in property taxes.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c"The average Texan is now paying more in taxes than the average Californian," O'Rourke noted.<\/span><\/p>\n

O'Rourke said that Texas could obtain between US$4 billion and US$6 billion in more tax revenue by closing loopholes enjoyed through corporations. He also noted that increasing Medicaid under the relatively inexpensive Care Act would again yield US$10 billion annually in federal tax dollars paid by Texans.<\/span><\/p>\n

This money, he said, could not simply provide property tax exemptions for homeowners, but also increase access to healthcare by reopening closed rural hospitals and freeing local governments from the responsibility of funding indigent care.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last weekend, O'Rourke's campaign began running a statewide television ad about the need to expand Medicaid in Texas.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Democrat also said he would increase state funding for public education, which could bring relief for native taxpayers who lack the high-powered materials to protest the estimated price increases of their properties.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou and I, as landlords and tenants, don\u2019t have lawyers or lobbyists capable of doing this,\u201d O\u2019Rourke said. \u201cOrganizations do this uniquely in the state of Texas, and now they\u2019re not paying their fair share. We don\u2019t envy their success. There\u2019s nothing punitive about it. Here\u2019s the fairness and equal treatment under the law.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

O'Rourke said Abbott's divisive policies \u2013 along with the state's abortion ban without exceptions for rape or incest and his directive to investigate reports of transgender children receiving gender-affirming care \u2013 could make business investment within the state unviable or lead to boycotts.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s doing what has truly been an extraordinary success story, once again because of business owners and workers and Texas individuals from every party, and turning it into something we could very well lose,\u201d he noted. \u201cAnd so I\u2019m looking to make sure that\u2026 we end these culture wars, that we figure out the usual floor, that we work on a bipartisan basis and make this the most efficient state in the country to run a business, raise a family, or go to work.\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke speaks during a meeting with the editorial board of The Dallas Morning on Monday, October 10, 2022, in Dallas. (Shafkat Anowar\/Working Staff Photographer)<\/span><\/p>\n

During the hour-long meeting, O'Rourke addressed a range of topics, including border protection and arms handling.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Democrat said that, as governor, he would implement Texas' guest worker software program for immigrants, even though the federal government is responsible for instituting such policies.<\/span><\/p>\n

Related: Republicans place their hopes on the Latino vote in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas' new battleground.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to work with local, state, and federal colleagues to address a Texas-based visiting employee software,\u201d O\u2019Rourke said. \u201cIf we can\u2019t enforce that, we can use state components to support those farmers and construction business owners and Americans who have industries where jobs are popular but not filled these days, to navigate and even pay for that technology.\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

Connected: Greg Abbott and Beto O'Rourke debate in the Texas gubernatorial race.<\/span><\/p>\n

O'Rourke also said he would raise visa limits for countries like Mexico, where he cited the waiting time to join a family member in the U.S. as being 20 years. He also said he would help allocate more funds to expedite asylum application processes, which can now take six to twelve months.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t tolerate anyone crossing the line and wading through the entrance gates,\u201d O\u2019Rourke noted. \u201cBut if I were there with my 5-year-old son in a refugee camp in Ciudad Juarez and my numbers weren\u2019t going to increase for six years, I might do the same.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Democrat criticized Abbott for transporting migrants from the border to northern cities, including Manhattan, Chicago, and Washington.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are participating very poorly right now under Greg Abbott,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s headlines about transporting migrants by bus, when it should be headlines about a couple of governors who can bring Democrats and Republicans together around shared solutions.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

O'Rourke reiterated his position that no average American can yet own an assault-style weapon. He received criticism from gun owners for announcing in a 2019 presidential debate in Houston that he would confiscate these semi-automatic rifles.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, he stated that he knows it is more useful to push gun management efforts that have some bipartisan agreement, corresponding to expanded background checks, \u201ccrimson flag\u201d laws, and raising the age to purchase an assault-type weapon from 18 to 21. A new Dallas Morning Texas information school in Tyler found that half of those surveyed \u201cwant a good deal\u201d on legal guidelines that could lift the age restriction. When combined with people who said they appreciated raising the age \u201ca moderate amount\u201d or \u201ca little,\u201d the percentage rose to 73%, including 69% from Republicans.<\/span><\/p>\n

Related: Beto O'Rourke, Texas Democrats emphasize gun restrictions, Uvalde as elections approach<\/span><\/p>\n

O'Rourke also mentioned that he would repeal a 2021 Texas law that allows Americans to carry guns without a permit.<\/span><\/p>\n

He stated that most of these gun management proposals are viable because Texans crave action following the 24-can mass shooting at Robb College in Uvalde, which killed 19 students and two professors.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t see the reason or need for AR-15s and AK-47s in civilian life. Eventually, banning the sale of these weapons makes sense,\u201d O\u2019Rourke emphasized. \u201cIt will be a feature of what we\u2019re going to be able to do in Texas and with the Legislature, but hopefully, as more of these comments are shared by these families in El Paso and Uvalde and others across the state, we\u2019re able to understand something like this and do something that will protect and save more lives going forward.\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n