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On 2025-01-13 17:29, pothead wrote:
> On 2025-01-14, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>> On 2025-01-13 17:20, pothead wrote:
>>> On 2025-01-14, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>>>> On 2025-01-13 16:01, pothead wrote:
>>>>> On 2025-01-13, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>>>>>> On 2025-01-13 15:29, pothead wrote:
>>>>>>> On 2025-01-13, Skeeter <skeeterweed@photonmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> In article <vm44ss$222t5$5@dont-email.me>, nuh-uh@nope.com says...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 2025-01-13 14:22, Skeeter wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> In article <vm42eo$222t5$2@dont-email.me>, nuh-uh@nope.com says...
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 2025-01-13 06:47, Skeeter wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> In article <vm2g9v$1moco$2@dont-email.me>, nuh-uh@nope.com says...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2025-01-12 22:48, AlleyCat wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, 12 Jan 2025 10:18:48 -0800,  Alan says...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You think you should build infrastructure to deal with "record"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> levels, do you?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Better than empty fire hydrants.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> The reservoirs aren't empty.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> But needing to use that many fire hydrants simultaneously results in low
>>>>>>>>>>>>> water pressure.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> They were empty.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> No, they weren't. Pressures were very low at hydrants because of how
>>>>>>>>>>> many were attempting to be used simultaneously...
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> ...but that's not the same thing.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> How would that be fiscally responsible?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hey faggot, this ain't fucking Canada we're talking about... this is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> CALIFORNIA, the land of the I don't GIVE a shit what it costs, as
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> long as there are dykes, fags, drag queens and MEXICANS in positions
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of power and making money and living comfortably off our dime!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, OUR dime... they take in FEDERAL dollars too.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> You mean like the "FEDERAL dollars" a lot of the Republicans voted
>>>>>>>>>>>>> against Forest Management Wildfire Prevention?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> <https://meidasnews.com/news/44-republicans-voted-against-forest-management-wildfire-prevention-in-december>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> California's in debt to the tune of $621 BILLION. How much over-
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> budget do you think the high speed rail system will go? (see below)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Not germane to this discussion.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> It shows how incompatant they are.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I'll remember that you claim that the size of the debt is related to the
>>>>>>>>>>> incompetence of the governing party...
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> ...when Trump's budgets come in again with larger debt/deficits.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> :-)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Do you even realize the scope of what you're suggesting?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If the LIBERAL Los Angeles Times can write about it, and say that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> California is WASTING precious resources... why is it such fucking
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> taboo for YOU to care about it?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> You can't just magically build the infrastructure to handle a
>>>>>>>>>>>>> record-setting amount of rainfall.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes you can. Maybe Kanada needs to learn from us.
>>>>>>>>>>> Nope. Big projects take TIME.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> That's just a fact.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Pictures of the main one empty. It was "off line:.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Picture of the "main one" what? Reservoir.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yup
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> That was ONE reservoir out of many and it needed repair...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It was the main one for that area.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ...and it wasn't the "main one" at all.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> It was ONE reservoir of many that serve Los Angeles (22 in all, not
>>>>>>>>> counting ones outside LA County), and from what I'm seeing, it was a
>>>>>>>>> pretty small one at that.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It should have been full. They were warned what was coming. You also
>>>>>>>> need electricity to pump some of that water.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There are so many bad decisions that were made in CA that it's difficult to
>>>>>>> even keep track of them.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Name one.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The libbys are trying in vain to defend these libtard and DEI hires and their
>>>>>>> incompetence but it's impossible.
>>>>>>> The media is also trying to take the focus off poor policy decisions but
>>>>>>> it's not working.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Name one such decision.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sure.
>>>>> Right from the LA fire chief.
>>>>>
>>>>> <https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/12/who-is-kristin-crowley-la-fire-chief>
>>>>
>>>> And how is that a poor policy decision?
>>>>
>>>> Be specific.
>>>>
>>>> Try to say something more than "lesbo".
>>>
>>> Obviously you didn't even view the video because the fire chief
>>> was complaining about budget cuts which hurt the department.
>>> It has nothing to do with her being a lesbo.
>>
>> What budget cuts? The 2% cut?
>>
>> That's it? That's yoru big bad policy decision?
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sadly, as bad and horrible this situation is for a large number of people,
>>>>>>> CA will probably still stay blue because they hate the republicans even more
>>>>>>> than they hate their own politicians whose poor decision making have caused
>>>>>>> this mess.
>>>>>> You realize that the blue states subsidize the red states...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ...right?
>>>>>
>>>>> Goal post move.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks again for proving my points.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You're the one who brought up the "mess" that certain states are
>>>> supposed to have made.
>>>
>>> Blue states subsidizing red states has nothing to do with policies that
>>> blue states enact in order to waste money.
>>
>> It might make an intelligent person wonder why they have so much more
>> money than blue states.
>>
>> But I can see why that let's you out.
> 
> <https://www.thecentersquare.com/opinion/article_44669866-adb3-11ee-96a1-3f9bfb526300.html>
 From a right wing mouth piece like William Haupt III?

Do you really want to get into the specifics of the facts he presents 
and what he omits?

Let's examine just one:

'The 10 states in the best fiscal condition are almost all red states. 
Tennessee has never been in the red.'

Let's look at Tennessee in more detail to see how they achieved that 
"never in the red" condition:

13th in poverty

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_poverty_rate>

9th in child poverty.

<https://datacenter.aecf.org/data/tables/43-children-in-poverty#ranking/2/any/true/2545/any/322>

45 in infant mortality

<https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/infant_mortality_rates/infant_mortality.htm>

And all of that while ranking 11th in percentage of state general 
revenue coming from the federal government

So they take a lot from the federal government...

...don't do much to help their people...

...but, hey! Their budget is balanced!