Farmers and ranchers in Central Texas are already struggling, and now they face risk of their land being seized through eminent domain to make space for giant transmission lines supplying energy to data centers, or their water drained out from under them for the cooling systems that keep data centers running.
Data centers don't just threaten our way of life, they undermine our critical infrastructure here in Central Texas—all for the benefit of billionaires far away. Corpus Christi is facing a water crisis after promising too much of their water to industrial use, we can't make the same mistake here with data centers.
Our local farmers are facing price hikes on fertilizer, fuel, and seed from the Iran War. Now our local officials are rolling over for another set of far away corporate interests seeking to extract money from our local resources.
What will we do when the Data Centers come to drain the power from our grid? Who will stand up for us when our water bill goes up, and our local agriculture loses out to the tech oligarchs? We can have a Representative who will be there with us, or one cheerleading for the same corporations siphoning our aquifers dry.
They're taking your money, you should get something for it. Every Texan deserves affordable, comprehensive healthcare coverage. With majority support for universal healthcare, you'd think that Congress would deliver on it instead of constantly looking to defund the programs that we rely on.
As the cost of living keeps going up we all know, now more than ever, that budgets have limits and priorities. It is true for a family budget and for the federal budget. Congress understands this. Yet, our leaders cynically bankroll endless wars and corporate giveaways. The money has to come from somewhere, and under our current Congress, it's coming from programs like ones that provide health coverage to adopted kids, or protect us from threats like measles.
The reckless Congressional spending is coming from your pocket too. We pay the most for healthcare in the developed world, and see our life expectancy drop year after year. It's clear that our leaders are too busy raking in donations from those getting rich off taxpayers, rather than calling for what's needed—comprehensive universal health coverage.
Unlike politicians who talk big and then take donor money to do the opposite, you can trust Greg Stoker to follow through, because he is not taking corporate PAC donations, or any PAC donations.
Wars cost lives and money. War should be the very last resort, not a preemptive choice by politicians holding stock or campaign contributions from military contractors. With more than 50% of the U.S. military budget going to contractors, incentives are turned upside down – to them, war is good and profitable, and peace costs money.
There are 435 representatives in Congress, and no one is making the case for an Americans first foreign policy. Look, it's not rocket science. When we put Americans first, Americans will be able to afford a healthcare system that doesn't bankrupt us, education that leads to employment, improved infrastructure, support for our veterans, and so much more.