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Comrade Citizen

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13. Texas has regressed

Reply to IrishBubbaLiberal (Original post)

Sat Apr 26, 2025, 03:35 PM

Apr 26

In 1889, Texas was the second state to pass an anti-trust law.
Laws were passed that required private corporations to sell all land they held for speculative purposes within 15 years.
Gov Jim Hogg fought the railroads and Standard oil in the 1890s.
Texas elected a progressive reformer, Gov Thomas M. Campbell, in 1907.

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Backward Texas has the highest uninsured rate in the country, About 4.8 million or 19% of Texas children and adults [View all] IrishBubbaLiberal Apr 26 OP

State takes charity care money from UTMB SARose Apr 26 #1

Do u remember Senator Ralph Yarborough IrishBubbaLiberal Apr 26 #2

Oh yes! SARose Apr 26 #4

My father knew him, only as financial supporter, and as businessman IrishBubbaLiberal Apr 26 #7

Another time in WashDC IrishBubbaLiberal Apr 26 #10

true little story on my late father 'saving' Lady Bird from nasty John Tower IrishBubbaLiberal Apr 26 #3

The Dallas rethug congressman Bruce Alger organized that attack Comrade Citizen Apr 26 #12

I never heard that story before SARose Apr 26 #5

Does it really matter? Aristus Apr 26 #6

Yes it matters SARose Apr 26 #9

I was born and raised in San Antonio. Aristus Apr 26 #11

Texans are tough and well trained to perform DIY amputations, liver replacements, and tractor repairs. Ping Tung Apr 26 #8

Texas has regressed Comrade Citizen Apr 26 #13