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Related: About this forumCAUGHT ON TAPE: Gov. Abbott crony promises Wall Street that Texas freeze profits safe. Texans screwe
Even as dozens of Texans died, sustained thousands of damages to their homes, starved, & lost their savings, Abbott cronies assuring Wall Street their stolen profits are safe.
https://egbertowillies.com/2021/03/17/caught-on-tape-gov-abbott-crony-promises-wall-street-that-texas-freeze-profits-safe-texans-screwed/
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CAUGHT ON TAPE: Gov. Abbott crony promises Wall Street that Texas freeze profits safe. Texans screwe (Original Post)
egbertowillies
Mar 2021
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czarjak
(11,289 posts)1. And Lubbock republican mayor Dan Pope wants to join ERCOT...
Last edited Thu Mar 18, 2021, 10:36 PM - Edit history (1)
We had electrical power, luckily because we are on the eastern edge of the western grid. Go figure.
Warpy
(111,339 posts)3. I know El Paso is on the western grid
I had no idea about Lubbock.
Libertarianism sells really well until something goes wrong. Then there is absolutely no legal recourse.
Deregulation = stick em up, suckers!
czarjak
(11,289 posts)4. Libertarianism: Screw anyone who isn't me. (Jesus's way)
jaxexpat
(6,849 posts)2. Egberto is at it again and, as usual, his take is right.