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Lies and more lies.
“Abbott, while running for reelection last year, was dismissive of critiques that there were unresolved grid issues and declared it fixed.”
Cognitive dissonance is a hell of a drug >

I wonder if Ted has his tickets for Cancun pre-ordered this year? >

"We will take the budget surplus for ourselves, cut spending on schools, and leave the power grid in God's hands"
/s >

Came here to say this. He had a chance to improve the power grid before and he didn’t. They just did enough repairs to get it working again, and he warned everyone later “These things can happen again.”
But now he wants to reassure everyone so he’s suddenly saying he’ll fix the power grid – which he won’t do properly, like he didn’t do last time. >

Oh no it was fixed. It now costs more in fees for the exact same thing we had before. See? Fixed. Still no one has been held accountable for all the deaths that occurred, hell barely anyone remembers it unless it's shoved in their face. It's not like Texas hasn't had this happen several times before and has reports on how to have it not happen again. But you know, it will cost those private businesses too much to properly winterize so... The Texas Grid! >

And this dude thinks we'll elect him president. >

We elected Trump so... >

"We are going to fix all the problems we created." lather rinse repeat >

".... by doing the same things that broke them, but even harder this time." >

*The Brownback Method >

I hope the Brownback method is taught in schools as a massive social engineering failure. Unfortunately it's looking like it'll be taught as "the promise of greatness for tomorrow." >

The Narrator: 
He was lying. >

The power grid he was supposed to get fixed his last term? >

The issue came up last year..
So now he budgeted, has the money, has a plan, and is going to execute. >

The issue didn't come up last year.  It was an issue that was known for at least a decade. >

The power grid became an issue in the freeze that happened in February of 2021. That's when the weatherizing issue was also brought to light.
So now they are fixing it and I don't know why non Texans are mad at this >

February 2021 was two years ago friend. >

Does that change anything? >

It makes you wrong. But that hasn't changed I guess. >

I thought Texas privatized their power grid.  I remember a great deal of fanfare about that several years ago.  About how republicans there had severed their power requirements from the national grid and those communist rules that governed that grid.
Now Abbot's budget is going to prioritize the power grid?  A power grid that belongs now to commercial enterprises?  Government subsidizing business on a grand scale.  Only in republican states. >

Thus the entire problem of privatizing a critical service. 
They are in the business of making a profit, repairs and infrastructure improvements aren't necessarily a profit making venture, the government doesn't punish them if they don't keep the infrastructure in a good shape and then the government uses public funds to repair said infrastructure. 
There is no punishment if it fails, there is vested interest to let it fail, and the state bails them out when they fail. There is zero incentive for the business to do anything proactive. >

Buy guns to Shoot the blackouts. The end. >

He's not going to prioritize public schools. Only private religious ones that are free to discriminate against anyone other than heterosexual christians. >

Now that he has the lies out of the way so the dupes will believe him, he can get back to the business of Texas Republicans Uber Alles. >

Greg Abbott will discuss the vast cost savings of using prayer to repair the power grid. >

Governments are NOT businesses
they are not supposed to run surpluses >

You need a rainy day fund it a surplus at times. Because then it allows for the projects that are really wanted but not budgeted for. Like the power grid... It's needed but money is also needed for it. >

The power grid is not a rainy day issue... Do you ever stop and think about the things before you post?
Like really who in Texas could have thought ahead and decided they wanted * checks notes * their electricity to work >

Are y'all really mad that Texas is improving it's power grid with it's own funds? >

I'll believe it when I see it. Maybe if the power grid was in a womans uterus they'd actually do something about it. >

Eliminating the budget surplus, closing public schools (and shooting the students), and completing the disassembly of the socialist power grid. >

If they have a surplus why did he demand funds from Biden? >

Probably because Texas used 3 billion dollars from state funds on border security, which the federal government should be paying for
Source >

Texas gets billions for border security.  Abbott pulled a political stunt with the money and then asked the other 49 states to pay for it. >

Texas does not get billions for border security >

Oh that’s right.  Republicans voted “No” on sending Texas $3Billion for border security last year. >

Are you talking about the state funds that Texas spent? >

Nope.  It’s just coincidence that the amount Republicans denied Texas was just as much as Abbott spend on his political stunt. >

Shrug
Not sure what you’re talking about >

I know >

So, he lied. Typical. >

He can say that all he wants, but it'll be the border, anti-gay/trans measures, and oil and gas. >

Then proceeded to laugh and say, 'nah.. get fucked plebs. more of the same incoming.' >

Is that another way of saying “bussing legal migrants and taking more rights away from women” these days? >

I like how he takes credit for the surplus when it was record oil prices that did it. He didn't do shit. >


budget surplus

[Greg Abbott promises to over-tax Texans.] >

Doubt. >

And proceeds with performative bullshit.