The Daily Breeze, a LA county newspaper, today published an opinion piece titled The fate of California hangs on Georgia. In tone, it’s a typical ‘if Democrats win, the sky will fall’ piece. But it makes really good points about what a win by Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock would mean:
However, if the two Democrats win, the Senate will be at a 50-50 tie with the newly elected Vice President Kamala Harris casting the deciding votes.
If the latter occurs, Democrats would be in complete control of Washington, ruling both chambers of Congress and the White House. For California, that would mean some major changes that progressives would likely celebrate.
I’m intrigued.
First, Democrats could very well bail out those states that have shown no spending discipline.
More money for chronically underfunded state governments? Sounds good.
Progressives could also force through major labor legislation that limits opportunities for freelance work and grants new powers to unions that could effectively undercut “right to work” laws in many states. Public sector unions would see their political wishes granted.
Really? That would be great.
For advocates of school choice, full Democratic party control in D.C. would mean programs such as vouchers, tax credits and charter schools would be curtailed or eliminated entirely.
That too? You are really getting me excited.
For transportation, expect that roads and highways will play second fiddle to mass transit and boondoggles like high-speed rail. In the years since Republicans have controlled at least one house of Congress, they have effectively shut down any further funding of California’s failed high-speed rail project.
No Republican killing 21st century transportation? Ok, I’m convinced. Electing Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock will be even better than I already thought!
Califonians! Citizens of the 48 other states, DC and Puerto Rico! Your fate hangs on Georgia! If you can, please chip in a few bucks for Jon Ossoff, Raphael Warnock and some of their key allies in Georgia via ActBlue!
Do you want to know more about helping Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock win their runoff elections? Check out the diary Ho ho how we are going to win the GA runoffs over Christmas — a (nearly) complete guide.