The lack of regulation is really working out well for Texas.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

My heart is with the victims. I hope the careless corporations whose chemical plants are in embers and spewing poison into the air are brought to heel.


DSB

[guillaumeb]

1. A lack of regulations is one sign of a third world nation.

Corporations take advantage of a lax atmosphere.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. I live in California. They are always comparing themselves to us.

We manage to have as robust a economy as them without purposefully polluting the environment and throwing vulnerable people under the bus.

[TexasBushwhacker]

4. Um yeah, okay

California has much to be proud of, but they haven't stopped using fossil fuels and they have to come from somewhere and be refined somewhere, don't they?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. Californians are infinitely better stewards of their environment than Texans.

Our governor was two steps ahead of everybody when it comes to global warming.


No offense to you but Abbot, Cruz, and Cornyn are awful !!!

[TexasBushwhacker]

6. Infinitely? Lets talk about allowing Nestle to pump water

during your drought.

California's got a bad case of NIMBY and you know it.

[Cicada]

7. We throw vulnerables under the bus of unaffordable housing

California is screwing the poor by not making it easier to build housing. We need to limit the ability of local governments to effectively outlaw more housing. Why don't San Francisco and San Jose permit five hundred fifty story apartment buildings? Why don't we impose steep taxes on vacant land? If you own land zoned for apartments you should be taxed on the value of the apartments whether you build them or not. We could pass laws to make housing half its current price but instead we protect the rich and screw the poor. So it's not just Texas with often land usage laws.

[guillaumeb]

8. Well said.

And California's economy is actually healthier in the long term.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

9. I see some folks poo pooing my comparison.

We are still a state within the United States. It's not as if we're Sweden.

[guillaumeb]

11. Texas is generally promoted by the corporate media as a success story.

But that narrative only works by ignoring all the weaknesses of the Texas model, like low wages, minimal regulations, and other things that are overlooked.

[BigmanPigman]

3. Typical greedy bastards. They only want Fed help when their own purse strings are

involved. They only want $$$$$$$$$$ and will do and say anything to maintain their own status, agenda, money and control. They lobby for fewer safety regulations and restrictions and don't care about anyone or anything (the $ cult of tRump).

Send the bill for this disaster directly to the TX state government and their billionaires and lobbyists who profit from fewer regulations and less accountability. Tell God fearing, high morality Cruz and Cornyn to go straight to hell.

[FSogol]

10. Are the large corporations ok?