Senator Wendy Davis came prepared for her debate with Greg Abbott. In the snippets in the embedded video she shows why she is qualified and Abbott is just a shill for the plutocracy. Sen. Davis did not allow Abbott to get away with his attempt at slick answers. She successfully rebuffed and challenged him.

When Abbott was asked how he intended to pay for his desire to make the Texas education system number one in the country, his answer can be encapsulated with the phrase "do more with less." Sen. Davis used the opportunity to slam Abbott. "Mr. Abbott, you are talking out of two sides of your mouth," Davis said. "On the one hand you are fighting to keep our students in overcrowded classrooms, teachers laid off across the state, and school closings in place. And yet you say you want to make Texas number one in education. You cannot accomplish that goal without making the appropriate investment."

Sen. Davis went on to say that when Abbott talks about local control it means he is pushing the cost of education onto local communities which would cause the increase of local property taxes across the state. One of the panelists pointed out incredulously to Abbott that in effect he is saying he can make Texas schools number one at the same time that Texas spends less than the national average per pupil.

When a panelist asked about whether Abbott would accept the Medicaid Expansion to Obamacare, he said he would not. He basically decided to give away over one hundred billion Texas taxpayer dollars. Sen. Davis slammed Abbott for being less than truthful. She pointed out that if she is elected governor she would bring those dollars back to Texas because it would increase jobs, well-being, and our economy. Abbott lied about it costing Texas ten billion dollars. The first three years are free. Thereafter, states are only responsible for about 10 percent of Medicaid Expansion costs.

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