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[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 58 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The really stupid thing is that the country needs all sorts of capital projects. Fix the roads and put in a better energy grid and clean up the lakes and rivers. Lots of basic blue collar jobs.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 49 points 2 months ago

Whoa there, that's sounding like FDR level socialist type suggestions. And you remember how enacting such ideas worked out for... oh, yeah, he got reelected three times and became the reason why Republicans pushed through term limits.

[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My city just got cut 40 million for roads. Fun times...

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Confused. The Federal government cut you a check for $40 million, or they cut the budget by $40 million?

[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sorry yeah thats on me.

The city/county got cut 40 million from the infrastructure side of the budget. They are threatening more.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 15 points 2 months ago (2 children)

This is the first time anyone ever made a mistake on the interwebs, and I got to be there.

[jk, have a good one]