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Texas has 10 Billion Rainy Day Fund

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  1. katzgar

    katzgar Banned

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    katzgar, Sep 7, 2017
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    Deckel Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    good example of what i was saying last week when stating i refuse to donate money to a state that doesn't care about its own citizens over a dollar bill
     
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    mdrobster, Sep 7, 2017
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    Well... it pretty much rained. So, I think this does qualify.

    I did however donate money to them.
     
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    On that note, why do we give welfare to people that can obviously work but don't?

    Can I refuse to give them money too? At least the people of Texas get to vote on that one, I don't get any say in the 40-50% of my wealth taken from me
     
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    Deckel Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Actually the people of Texas only get to vote on the people who get to vote on it. If you want to know why we give money to people who could work but don't, you will need to get a ouija board and ask that Texan Lyndon Baynes Johnson. My guess is it had more to do with elections than empathy.
     
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    Considering the name itself is "Rainy Day Fund" this is basically just a hit job trying to politcally attack Texas.

    Rainy Day funds are meant to reassure bondholders that there's money to pay back any bonds the state issues. It is not literally for rain/hurricanes.
     
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    Uh, yeah exactly.

    They vote for specific people based on those peoples' specific views, are you unaware of how our elections work?

    As to my question it was obviously rhetorical
     
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    You wouldn't be donating to the state, you'd be donating to those citizens.
     
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    your posts might be honest "But Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he won’t need to dip into the state’s $10 billion fund"
     
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    I'm always honest. I might be wrong sometimes, but I'm always honest.
     
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    Actually I donated to a new jersey no-kill going to save puppies and kitties, so I didn't even donate to a person. Maybe for Irma since she is coming my way.
     
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    It is just the lesser of two evil-doers if it is a Texas election. Your state hasn't had a decent politician since Barbara Jordan went to her heavenly reward.
     
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    It's good to live in a state that's responsible with the taxpayers' money.
     
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    What does that even mean within the context of this thread? :wall:
     
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    Texas runs a surplus while blue states are going under because of extravagant public union pensions.
     
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    Texas should lower taxes even more so that we don't have so big of a rainy day fund. It would have killed this thread and I would have had lower taxes.
     
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    Actually texas is just a welfare state
     
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    Naive and stupid post.
     
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    How many billions are we spending on welfare for Texas right now?
     
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    Not as much as in California.
     
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    And all the votes against welfare for Texas yesterday were Republican got to love your own
     
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    Your comment would be halfway believable if you were honest enough to provide a link or some proof
     
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