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Politics is business. Business is about making money. From those foundational facts, it's fair to infer that if state Republican politicians are working to ba
by unyttigfjelltol 5y ago
Politics is business. Business is about making money. From those foundational facts, it's fair to infer that if state Republican politicians are working to ban cities from providing basic services, the politicians are doing this because they think they can make money doing it.
It's wrong. But then, politics, in its current incarnation, is business.
- theshadowknows 5y agoAnd more importantly, make money for themselves and not for the city/state etc.
- throwaway0a5e 5y agoThe only reason people hate graft more than they hate boondoggles is because in the former case it's nearly impossible to bury your head in the sand and pretend like the money was smartly allocated. No matter how you cut it at the end of the day the tax dollars are being squandered on lining pockets they shouldn't be.
- theshadowknows 5y agoExtra points for using 'boondoggles' in a sentence :)