Texas governor bans all vaccine mandates, including from private businesses
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#2Wow, finally someone showed some balls. Had to be Texas. Never thought someone doing something sensible would receive such hatred from the Ars cesspool. Holy load of twitterbots.
Re: Texas governor bans all vaccine mandates, including from private businesses
#3This whole clusterfuck of states vs. the federal government on vaccination requirements is a big clog in the pipes and a bunch of unnecessary headache.
Realistically, at what point is the US at "terminal velocity" on vaccination?
Re: Texas governor bans all vaccine mandates, including from private businesses
#4Regulating private businesses like this feels anti-Texas. Governing by executive fiat also feels anti-Texas. I'm not sure what's going on in Texas, but I miss the small government, freedom-loving Texas.
Re: Texas governor bans all vaccine mandates, including from private businesses
#5Regulating private businesses like this feels anti-Texas. Governing by executive fiat also feels anti-Texas. I'm not sure what's going on in Texas, but I miss the small government, freedom-loving Texas.
Assuming Texas was a small government, freedom loving state, one would think they would be one of the first to roll out legal marijuana. Or allow purchasing liquor at grocery stores. Or not require students to recite the pledge of allegiance. Or the Texas pledge of allegiance.
Re: Texas governor bans all vaccine mandates, including from private businesses
#6This whole clusterfuck of states vs. the federal government on vaccination requirements is a big clog in the pipes and a bunch of unnecessary headache. Realistically, at what point is the US at "terminal velocity" on vaccination?
I'm starting to think pushing more decisions to the state level is the only way to cool things off in the U.S. Rather than having these life or death battles for control of the federal government, letting people eventually self-sort into states that align with their values may be a more workable path forward. It's not perfect, but it's better than what's going on now and what the current situation could eventually escalate to.
Re: Texas governor bans all vaccine mandates, including from private businesses
#7Regulating private businesses like this feels anti-Texas. Governing by executive fiat also feels anti-Texas. I'm not sure what's going on in Texas, but I miss the small government, freedom-loving Texas.
Assuming Texas was a small government, freedom loving state, one would think they would be one of the first to roll out legal marijuana. Or allow purchasing liquor at grocery stores. Or not require students to recite the pledge of allegiance. Or the Texas pledge of allegiance.
> Or not require students to recite the pledge of allegiance. Or the Texas pledge of allegiance.
Note that they can't require the pledge. But Texas is unique in requiring an explicit parent opt out rather than letting students decide for themselves, which I doubt this will pass constitutional muster when finally tested (well, with a future court that isn't overwhelmingly conservative).
Re: Texas governor bans all vaccine mandates, including from private businesses
#8This whole clusterfuck of states vs. the federal government on vaccination requirements is a big clog in the pipes and a bunch of unnecessary headache. Realistically, at what point is the US at "terminal velocity" on vaccination?
I'm starting to think pushing more decisions to the state level is the only way to cool things off in the U.S. Rather than having these life or death battles for control of the federal government, letting people eventually self-sort into states that align with their values may be a more workable path forward. It's not perfect, but it's better than what's going on now and what the current situation could eventually es…
I don't know. Panhandle Idahoans clogging Eastern Washington hospitals because they tended against vaccination still makes it our problem. As long as people can move freely across state borders, a national policy would be more effective than a state by state one.
Re: Texas governor bans all vaccine mandates, including from private businesses
#9This whole clusterfuck of states vs. the federal government on vaccination requirements is a big clog in the pipes and a bunch of unnecessary headache. Realistically, at what point is the US at "terminal velocity" on vaccination?
I'm starting to think pushing more decisions to the state level is the only way to cool things off in the U.S. Rather than having these life or death battles for control of the federal government, letting people eventually self-sort into states that align with their values may be a more workable path forward. It's not perfect, but it's better than what's going on now and what the current situation could eventually es…
That's really how the US is intended to work.
Re: Texas governor bans all vaccine mandates, including from private businesses
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm starting to think pushing more decisions to the state level is the only way to cool things off in the U.S. Rather than having these life or death battles for control of the federal government, letting people eventually self-sort into states that align with their values may be a more workable path forward. It's not perfect, but it's better than what's going on now and what the current situation could eventually es…
I don't know. Panhandle Idahoans clogging Eastern Washington hospitals because they tended against vaccination still makes it our problem. As long as people can move freely across state borders, a national policy would be more effective than a state by state one.
A national vaccine mandate requires enabling legislation, not executive orders.
Yes, congressional law trumps state law but executive orders do not. This view that Biden can issue an executive order and break lease agreements or union contracts, or local state regulations all across the country is really dangerous. We do not have a king, but it seems a lot of people really want the president to legislate via decree as long as they agree with the decree. That is a very dangerous belief.