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Ikirio t1_jdjpx09 wrote

Reply to comment by throwsplasticattrees in 'Wholly unnecessary': Mass. House speaker says he will not comply with state auditor's legislative probe by throwsplasticattrees

Single party dominance always leads to corruption. It really is that simple. Humans do humans.

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Plsmock t1_jdkawkx wrote

This attitude leads to shitty republican governors. See mbta-a god awful mess for reference. Also see the Chelsea soldiers home-nepotism kills.

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Thiccaca t1_jdkdjnj wrote

Uhhh....it wasn't just GOP governors who fucked up the MBTA. It was decades of politicians simply refusing to invest in the MBTA, and decades of them using it as a way to funnel money to big donors in the form of contracts and consultantancies.

Plenty of blame to go around...

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Plsmock t1_jdkf3bt wrote

You're right

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Thiccaca t1_jdkh3fg wrote

That said, the Republican governors are super shitty and never help anything

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Rindan t1_jdkv9vq wrote

And your attitude leads to straight up corruption. A "honorable opposition" is absolutely essential for good democratic governance. The implosion of the Massachusetts Republican Party into an unelectable MAGA cult is a large part of the reason why we have corruption like this. A healthy Massachusetts would have a left wing Republican Party in the form of Baker and Weld like Republicans. They might not win, but they'd at least be a check on the near open corruption that we see under single party rule.

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