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[–] Donkter 159 points 11 hours ago (14 children)

Lots of maga people are going to find out quickly that a major function of government jobs and social welfare programs are to redistribute wealth from the rich cities to the country.

[–] givesomefucks 25 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

They dont understand their daily life is subsidized by the federal government, and that cutting those programs means their share of the costs go up.

The majority of red states aren't self sustainable.

If blue states said fuck it and stopped sending the Fed money, it would go broke along with every red state except Texas I think. But they need federal funding every year for climate disasters

[–] Zorque 8 points 7 hours ago

They won't understand after, either, as they'll be told that Democrats are somehow keeping them from getting their due. And for some reason they'll believe it.

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