• halferect@lemmy.world
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    6 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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      6 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.