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Disappointing move by Sherrill.
I'm curious as to why state Governors seem powerless to stop these concentration camps in their state.
I guess they are federal contracts, so they don't have the authority to end them?
But isn't there other things that can be done? Can they not penalize anyone who chooses to work there by imposing a 100% state income tax on them or something?
There has to be something they can do. I'm convinced that they don't want to expend the political capital required.
They support the camps. This all only looks confusing if you refuse to accept that democratic leadership wants them too. The rest is theater.
I don’t know about "wants them too". The people in the camps are overwhelmingly democrat supporters, even if they can't vote.
I think it is more that doing anything actionable to stop them would likely fail and that would make them look bad. So they don't want to act because there is nothing for them to gain.
Occam's razor says it's because of class solidarity among the elite. If they think standing up to fascists is unpopular, then it's because they are only thinking of what's popular with those who have power. But they trained as well to expect incompetence from the whole lot.
If you don't vote (whether voluntarily or because you can't) then you don't count to these people.
In this case they are parents of potential voters, and in some cases potential voters themselves. And they are also potential community leaders who can support the politician and get them more votes.
"There is no money in it for me if I fight for your human dignity. So you can starve to death in the rape camps." -DNC
-politicians Fixed that for you.
Yeah. They don't have authority to end the contract. Local officials can do things to interfere with utility hookups.
But sending in the local police to attack protesters and the press is just an asshole move
Same asshole move we saw from way too many Dem leaders in 2020 when George Floyd protests were happening, and similar to asshole moves we saw from the same people in 2024 against anti-genocide protesters. Democratic party must do better on this.
All in all, it's the federal government's job to police itself. So governors aren't really supposed to be empowered to stop things like this. Anything they do try can reasonable be deflacted as outside their authority or retalitory.
That's just the way the system is designed. It expected congress and the supreme court to keep the executive branch under control. That is where the failure is.
That's how things are supposed to work. But it's not working.
I think it's time for governors to start coming up with creative solutions to shit like this (as well as federal taxes from blue states used to subsidize failing red states)
I agree it is not working. But the system is set up to prevent governors from being able to do what you want them to do. And since they are politicians and not real people. They aren't putting in a lot of effort.
That's why I said they need to get creative.
What's stopping a state government from levying a 100% state income tax on any citizens of said state that work at a concentration camp?
Besides the Supreme Court, I guess... Still worth a shot imo
But they have no motivation to be creative. And it wouldn't even take the supreme court. Federal District court would toss it instantly. That said, what makes you think the people who work there are even residents of that state. They probably only work there a few months before they are shuffled around to another facility. Non-resident taxes can be pretty complicated.
How do you expect them to enforce it? Would they personally walk over to the facilities and singlehandedly kick out the paramilitary force that's entrenched there with federal backing?
Did you not read the article? Who do you think the governors can send to kick these people out when they say "no" to a polite request to leave?