Just a week after Texas voters approved billions of dollars to build new gas-fired power plants, the state’s education board will decide if it wants schools using science textbooks that acknowledge that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. The Texas Board of Education could vote as early as next Tuesday on whether it will recommend […]
That’s what I don’t understand, either. Even if they were a totally cynical asshole about it, a Republican should love the idea of getting rich by fleecing progressive “idiots”.
Hell, I’ve imagined designing Trump hats, shirts, and bumper stickers just to make money off his popularity, and then donating to a cause or charity Republicans despise.
Plus, remediation ought to check all their boxes
— huge business opportunities
— new jobs
— energy independence
— reducing our dependency on Chinese companies
But none of those things are important to Republicans. That’s just stuff they say.
That’s what I don’t understand, either. Even if they were a totally cynical asshole about it, a Republican should love the idea of getting rich by fleecing progressive “idiots”.
Hell, I’ve imagined designing Trump hats, shirts, and bumper stickers just to make money off his popularity, and then donating to a cause or charity Republicans despise.