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  Ron DeSantis: "We do not require assistance. The people of Florida will rebuild on our own"

  by BettyHumpter in

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  as if.no, of course he's already asking for federal aid.

  it's the republican way.

  florida needs the rest of the country to pitch in taxpayer dollars because it's different when it happens to me.

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  "Everything else is left to state and local governments. In this scenario New York and Mississippi can deal with their problems as they see fit."
  
  
  Yeah, worked wonderfully between 1865 and 1964.
  
  But seriously. Nothing about civil rights for example appears in that list. Was that the Federal Government overstepping the exact words in the constitution? Should we have just marched on for all eternity as if Article 1 section 8 were handed down by god himself?
  
  
  
  
  
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  Ron DeSantis: "We do not require assistance. The people of Florida will rebuild on our own"

  by BettyHumpter in

  1. jw
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  as if.no, of course he's already asking for federal aid.

  it's the republican way.

  florida needs the rest of the country to pitch in taxpayer dollars because it's different when it happens to me.

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  "Obviously Republicans opposed this straight up political favoritism and government handouts disguised as aid".
  
  "Straight up" is not the word you are looking for. The correct word is "imaginary".
  
  Here is an interesting article detailing what actually happened in 2012.
  
  Also, Gov. Christie claimed 37 Billion in New Jersey, not 65.
  
  https://www.wnyc.org/story/why-new-jersey-got-billions-less-sandy-aid-new-york/
  
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  Ron DeSantis: "We do not require assistance. The people of Florida will rebuild on our own"

  by BettyHumpter in

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  as if.no, of course he's already asking for federal aid.

  it's the republican way.

  florida needs the rest of the country to pitch in taxpayer dollars because it's different when it happens to me.

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  "Is it me, or does that map show that around half of all Americans are crammed into the northeast? We really did a shitty job of dispersing."
  
  I watched an interesting short documentary on YouTube recently about how 80% or about 250 million Americans live East of the 100th meridian.
  
  
  
  
  The other 20% of 'Westerner's" live on a fairly narrow band along the Pacific Ocean, with the exception of Las Vegas and Phoenix, AZ.
  
  I knew the western US was empty but didn't grasp just how empty. Anyways, the documentary went into how the Sierra Nevada's and Rocky Mountains act as a wall to incoming weather systems off the Pacific and therefore why those areas are so sparsely populated and why the few population centers that do exist rely on spring snow melt from said mountain ranges for their water supply.
  
  Still not nearly as empty as Australia, where a population of only 25 million lives on a land area almost as big as the lower 48
  
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  Late NEWS:" Sexual harrassment is rife in Antartica".

  by smiddy3 in

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  i saw this this on the news tonight :.

  you would think the ladies down their would be able to keep their sexual urges under control wouldn`t you ?

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  BettyHumpter

  @punkofnice:
  
  
  Why do you assume that particular story about women reporting sexual harassment is a fake narrative?
  
  Would you be more inclined to believe the accusations if you heard Lloyd Evans was now working in Antarctica? :)
  
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  Ron DeSantis: "We do not require assistance. The people of Florida will rebuild on our own"

  by BettyHumpter in

  1. jw
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  as if.no, of course he's already asking for federal aid.

  it's the republican way.

  florida needs the rest of the country to pitch in taxpayer dollars because it's different when it happens to me.

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  https://www.moneygeek.com/living/states-most-reliant-federal-government/
  
  

  Key Findings:

  • Eight of the 10 states most dependent on the federal government were Republican-voting, with the average red state receiving $1.35 per dollar spent.
  • Nine states sent more to the federal government than they received — seven of these were Democrat-voting and had higher per capita GDPs than many of the red states that received the most.
  • New Mexico had the highest return on federal spending of any state ($4.33), and Delaware had the lowest ($0.63).
  • The eight states receiving the highest child tax credit per capita were all Republican-voting.
    
    
    
    

    Red States Lead With Federal Dependence

    Democratic-voting blue states tend to be wealthier and pay more to the federal government than they get. In contrast, Republican-voting red states tend to have less wealth and receive more federal government funds than they pay. In the MoneyGeek rankings, 8 of the 10 most dependent states are considered red states.
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  Ron DeSantis: "We do not require assistance. The people of Florida will rebuild on our own"

  by BettyHumpter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as if.no, of course he's already asking for federal aid.

  it's the republican way.

  florida needs the rest of the country to pitch in taxpayer dollars because it's different when it happens to me.

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  Most Federally Dependent States

  Rank	State	Total Score	State Residents’ Dependency	State Government’s Dependency
  1	Alaska	93.22	1	3
  2	Mississippi	84.94	4	4
  3	Kentucky	79.54	6	7
  4	West Virginia	78.08	2	11
  5	Montana	75.90	13	2
  6	New Mexico	75.15	3	15
  7	Arizona	69.92	12	6
  8	Louisiana	69.50	21	1
  9	Indiana	68.23	9	12
  10	Alabama	66.92	10	10
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  Ron DeSantis: "We do not require assistance. The people of Florida will rebuild on our own"

  by BettyHumpter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as if.no, of course he's already asking for federal aid.

  it's the republican way.

  florida needs the rest of the country to pitch in taxpayer dollars because it's different when it happens to me.

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  BettyHumpter

  "As for contributing to society, we will miss Mississippi mor e than NYC"
  
  
  If you say so.....

  
  

  
  
  
  
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  Ron DeSantis: "We do not require assistance. The people of Florida will rebuild on our own"

  by BettyHumpter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as if.no, of course he's already asking for federal aid.

  it's the republican way.

  florida needs the rest of the country to pitch in taxpayer dollars because it's different when it happens to me.

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  BettyHumpter

  No. They congregate in states like Mississippi and accept aid from liberal states where the jobs actually are while complaining against it and spending their money on red MAGAt caps. :)
  
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  Ron DeSantis: "We do not require assistance. The people of Florida will rebuild on our own"

  by BettyHumpter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as if.no, of course he's already asking for federal aid.

  it's the republican way.

  florida needs the rest of the country to pitch in taxpayer dollars because it's different when it happens to me.

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  BettyHumpter

  "There is a growing feeling from some right-wing commentators such as Lauren Chen that the US should split into two new independent countries - one Republican, the other Democrat."
  
  Such a split would be pretty messy. The divide is mostly Urban vs Rural. So while you may have a state that is 'Republican', it's major cities may be majority democrat. How you gonna split that up?

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  Sister In "Pants" Carrying the Microphone--Brother in "Jeans" out in Service!

  by Atlantis in

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  click the image to enlarge.. sister carrying microphone at kingdom hall in pants!.

  https://postimg.cc/jdjysmgt.

  brother in blue jeans out in service.. https://postimg.cc/z36bj89h .

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  BettyHumpter

  It looks like a cramped conference room at a shitty Holiday Inn for a Dentist's conference.
  
  It's strange to me how they never got the importance of architecture to the human psyche. I'm not talking about building a St. Peters. I mean many 'humble' protestant churches make an effort to be aesthetically pleasing and to convey the importance of what the believers feel the buildings purpose is.
  
  I've had to go to my non-JW grandparents church on several occasions for weddings, funerals etc. Vaulted roof, but timber framed. Stained glass. A bit stuffy feeling, actually. But, even though i'm not a believer, it does give a certain feeling of permanence. I remember attending a cousin's wedding and thinking my grandparents were married in that same spot, and not only that, my grandmothers grandmother was married in that same spot.
  
  A Kingdom Hall wedding or funeral may as well be taking place in conference room 3 at _____ Corp Inc.