Quote Originally Posted by soonerguru View Post
And yet we still have this awful rurally driven legislature making a mockery of our state with their stupidity and shameful idiocy. How much longer before we at least have some degree of political balance / sanity? Asking for lots of friends who are considering G'ingTFO of Oklahoma.
What's all that bad about Oklahoma, especially in relation to other states? Unlike Kansas and Texas, Oklahoma has legal casinos. One of them is one of the biggest in the world, if not the very biggest. Oklahoma has the most liberal medical marijuana program in the country. In March vote yes to legalize rec marijuana and lots of people from Texas and Kansas will be crossing the border to buy some and raising tax revenue. To help with food inflation, Oklahoma needs to finally abolish sales tax on groceries and that would help offset it. Oklahoma isn't able to draw much industry from the outside, so needs to continue trying to grow its own industry within the state.

Be thankful that rural legislators and rural voters haven't been able to put a stop to making things legal mentioned above. Besides that, modernized alcohol laws went into effect in October 2018, and that helped a lot. If Oklahomans want to do more to make Oklahoma yet a better state, then they need to do more with petitions for yes votes on progressive issues. It's interesting how since 2014 Oklahomans have been far more interested in petitioning to get med or rec marijuana legalized while not one petition has been about raising the min. wage. As a result, the min. wage in Oklahoma is still at $7.25, while in Arkansas it's clear up to $11.00.

Rural legislators in Texas have also been making a mockery of their state, such as banning abortion. Yet, Texas continues as one of the fastest growing states.