• nytrixus@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Yeah these states act soooo tough until something like Hurricane Katrina comes in and they’d begging for federal help.

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      8 months ago

      Most these states are welfare states even without Natural disasters. If the federal government decided to stop giving out money most red states would be broke in a day

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        8 months ago

        Exactly.

        I’m thinking Mississippi would sink under 24 hours if it got it’s federal funding pulled. It’s already poor as fuck as it is.

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      8 months ago

      Don’t let that stop them from voting no on federal disaster aid for other states at the very next fucking opportunity. Absolute trash.

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        8 months ago

        Some even voted no for their own state’s aid and then subsequently took credit for the federal aid they had voted against