I do wonder what it costs financially to have an army occupying Los Angeles and why I keep being told the government doesn't have enough money to pay for public schools to buy supplies for their teachers
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Jesus, I just thought of the miserable experience of all the probably disproportionately Latina housekeepers at those hotels. How many people felt they just had to walk away from shifts, if not jobs, because they didn't feel safe?
California, and the rest of the blue states, are funding the federal invasion of LA. They peaceful protesters didn't start this, our fascist president did. These aren't ICE agents they're proud boys and 1/6 insurectionists. The fascist escalated to violence
Money—and everything else that glitters, or flatters Donald Trump, or degrades his enemies speaks to the corrupt Trump Family. Legal or criminal? There appears to be no distinction. It is time to employ the RICO Statutes to topple the Trump Family Crime Syndicate and send its criminals to prison.
We should all know by now that the republicans always fund things they want, not things we all need. If a $100M aircraft gets destroyed, they'll rush to make another one.... but if we need funds for healthcare for Medicare, suddenly they don't have the funds and can't find any.
I also wonder what the republicans mean when they talk about less federal government involvement and more state sovereignty. Perhaps they should look that up in the dictionary (and become "woke")
Ask why the bi-partisan immigration bill was trashed by tRump. Now, I read Stephen Miller's racist immigration roundup plan will cost us $1T, that's trillion dollars. The racist lunatics are insane, sadistic psychopaths. Read Heather Cox Richardson's June 8 essay. Their goal now is a police state.
Those two states were denied FEMA aid. There is a hell of a lot for your tax dollars not to like. Money spent to help others in a time of crisis is not on the list. Be angry, resist, but guard your heart. As soon as their hatred & attitude of petty vengeance seeps into your heart, they’ve won.
You do you- I’m too fed up with the vast majority to even give an f when I think of how much of my tax dollars get reallocated to red states that only care about screwing the libs. We are people too.
So Trump and MAGA will use this as a pretext to declare martial law and suspend due process and elections. Civilians can't win against the US army. I think a better strategy is a total shut down and general strike, like COVID but on steroids. Don't give them a spectacle or any money either
Funny since it's being reported that kristi never met a costume I won't wear has eaten through her budget that she needed to last till September. Somebody is using the military because whiskey pete has all the money.
when my local fire department wants a new truck they gotta have a car wash and a half dozen bake sales but we got money in the budget for every police station in the country to have two dozen rocket launchers. awesome country, really
Our fire stations are on strike right now. They've always had to find ways to fix their stuff. Had some come in to my shop and buy a bunch of boat batteries. Said they had to daisy chain em together and it worked alright-ish. The factory ones apparently cost like, $3k or whatever and city refused.
My local fire station teams up with the local tavern and have a beer fest in the spring to raise money. But the police station gets new cars like every year 😂
I estimate about $500/day/soldier. Not cheap to pay salaries, lodging, meals, support, equipment depreciation, fuel, maintenance, etc. I don't believe $1 000 000/day for the operation is an unreasonable estimate for 2,000 soldiers.
Also, since they are now on official active duty, this will add to their retirement pay if they stay for their full 20 years or so. Long-term costs add up.
Spending money on enforcing government delusions and not spending money on schools are complimentary tactics. They are part of the wider goal of subduing the population with anticipatory compliance. Reduce or eliminate critical thinking and then push people around claiming it's all for our own good.
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There ya go. Use it, or lose it.
The budget for the LA unified school district is on the order of 19 billion dollars
that is way way way more then the cost of the police/Nat Guard/ICE in LA (the LAPD budget is about 2 billion)
also, your post is so trite, it has been said every day forever
so what do we do ?
it was never about waste or fraud and everything about abject cruelty.
Being gullible and desperate STILL isn’t a thing for which I’m willing to condemn my fool neighbors’ kids to death.
The rest of us have our votes thrown away by the GOP supermajority state royalty.
It’s really great to know how much thought this is worth to you.
“Red” states aren’t real, any more than “blue” states are.
But we will take any excuse to not think or learn, here.
Pay no attention.
It’s not Fun.
#Trumpistan
Fucked up priorities.
Wait...never mind. 😁
but DOES WANT to take over democratic states, call martial law, cancel midterms and enable dictatorship.
Hitler 1933.