• TrickDacy@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    why they don’t see the need for governments

    A very generous reading. I think they couldn’t care less if government is needed, unless it helps them, in which it’s certainly desperately needed. Paying for a minority to get a benefit is their worse enemy though. It’s all about selfishness.

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      22 hours ago

      In which case, when it comes to big-city federal tax dollars paying for pork-barrel infrastructure (dams, highways, etc.) and health facilities, and disaster-relief in their little communities, most of those dollars come from city workers. THEY’re not the ones paying for minorities to get a benefit … it’s the minorities!

      Without Blue states, Red states would be stuck with the taxes their people are willing to pay.

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      1 day ago

      Well it shouldn’t be surprising that someone who lives far away from everyone else doesn’t care much for other people.