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Originally Posted by host
Very articulate argument. How do you cope with the comparatively repressive Texas governance and political climate?
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There are certain things that are repressive, but overall, the Texas statutes are written in such a way that they quite clearly and inclusively define the rights we have. I think our State constitution is something like 400,000+ lines of the written word, so it's rather thorough. The executive branch in our state has severely limited power, and the judicial branch requires that district judges be elected by the people, helping prevent the sort of unpopular court stacking we may be facing with the US Supreme Court. Additionally, our tax codes are some of the most liberal, easily avoided statutes in the nation to the point that any large corporation that does a significant amount of business only pays taxes if it chooses to or has horrible tax counsel. Additionally, the tort limitations in our state, homestead laws and personal property exemptions from government seizures are some of the best in the nation. While many of our statutes may strike those of a more liberal bent as repressive, it's mostly on the societal standards/morals front as opposed to the vast majority of our code, which was established and implemented by men and women with a fundamental distrust of strong executive branches, which is partly what this nation is suffering from currently.