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GoLeft TV

(3,910 posts) Wed Mar 2, 2016, 05:03 PM Mar 2016

Has Republican Austerity Destroyed Your City?

Republicans are obsessed with cutting budgets, but only the budgets that don’t deal with tax cuts, subsidies to profitable industries, and military spending. But on basic necessities, Republicans have no problem slashing those funds down to nothing. These cuts have left cities and states all over this country in dire straights.

Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this with attorney Michael Burg.

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Has Republican Austerity Destroyed Your City? (Original Post) GoLeft TV Mar 2016 OP

City? It ruined my state! fleur-de-lisa Mar 2016 #1

More like ruined the country. Chicago1980 Mar 2016 #2

The Republicans are in the process of "sacking" the United States. nt ladjf Mar 2016 #3

Republican austerity notemason Mar 2016 #4

fleur-de-lisa

(14,628 posts)

1. City? It ruined my state!

Reply to GoLeft TV (Original post)

Wed Mar 2, 2016, 05:17 PM

Mar 2016

Thanks to Jindal, Louisiana is in financial ruins.

The only good news is that the legislators are considering the legalization of cannabis for recreational use simply for the revenue stream. They haven't even voted yet on medicinal cannabis and they are thinking about recreational weed! LOL!