Vote Nevada Supporters,
Summer is upon us, yet nothing is lazy. So much is happening, it’s hard to keep up.
Based on some initial analysis of the President’s bill, it doesn’t appear that anything that could bust our state budget could happen until 2027. That does not mean we are out of the fiscal woods, however, for two reasons.
First, President Trump is still withholding money Congress appropriated for the states before this year. That money was built into our last budget cycle, so we may have shortfalls to overcome this cycle. Whether that will require a special legislative session is unclear.
Second, due to the President’s erratic tariff practices, the U.S. economy is starting to slow and show signs of weakness. Las Vegas is very resilient, so tourists are still coming, just not as many. If our projected revenue for this budget cycle starts to fall short, budget cuts may be in our future.
The news is also full of immigration enforcement tactics that lack the required adherence to due process. It is frustrating to try to understand how we ended up here; unfortunately, the politicization of immigration policy began with President John Adams and the 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts.
President Adams and his Federalist Party targeted immigrants who might one day vote for his rival, Thomas Jefferson, and the Democratic-Republican Party.
If you are interested in a brief history of immigration policy in American history, I am offering a one-hour Zoom session this Saturday, July 19th, from 9 to 10 am. In addition to teaching U.S. history, I also teach Latin American Studies, so we can discuss why so many people flee from Latin American nations and the role of the U.S. in creating those conditions.
You can RSVP for the meeting here: https://vote-nevada.news/American-Immigration-History
I know it seems like the next primary election is far away, but it will be here faster than we can imagine. In this midterm, we will elect a Governor, a state Attorney General, a Sheriff, and many judges, so it will be vital for every voter to be a Primary Voter. Let’s start talking to friends and family now about voting.
Thank you for being a Nevadan with me,
Sondra
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