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monogreenforthewin t1_j0h5ils wrote

just remember red states... government help is socialism

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BoyTitan t1_j0hunvt wrote

Reddit when it comes to power grid just circle jerks texas, when the top ten states with the best power grid are dead even along party lines. A good power grid is about location and clean energy sources plus building nuclear energy plants. We don't have the amount of nuclear energy plants we need because everyone got overly spooked at incidents from extremely neglected nuclear facilities.

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Zipposurelite t1_j0jro9d wrote

Everyone dog piles on Texas because they refuse to use the national power grid and instead use their own. They when it gets damaged they cry for national aid.

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BoyTitan t1_j0htle8 wrote

...there are red and blue states on the list.

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monogreenforthewin t1_j0hvcwp wrote

true. but blue states don't throw fits about socialism and how helping others is bad because "it's socialism and government overreach". red states do and often. they even voted not to send funding to NY when it got trashed by Sandy

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BoyTitan t1_j0hvw6n wrote

I'd vote no to sending money to ny and I live here. Money in ny goes straight to politicians bank accounts, passing bills to make money, over auditing businesses, paying off debt they somehow acquire with all the money being thrown at them, and that they collect. State can buy a damn football stadium but god forbid doing something useful.

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BoyTitan t1_j0hw0ya wrote

Why would I want a state that does nothing to get more money to not do shit.

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AllAmericanSeaweed t1_j0iesur wrote

Blue states have the highest GDP in the nation, no red states should get any funding at all because why would a state that does nothing get more money to not do shit?

All funding should go to California, New York and Massachusetts by your own logic.

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Algur t1_j0ikw55 wrote

4 of the top 10 highest GDP states are red.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_GDP

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AllAmericanSeaweed t1_j0ilvl0 wrote

That's just another way of saying a majority of the top 10 states for GDP are Blue states.

Either way: red states contribute less than blue states. So by the logic of the first person I responded to, red states deserve nothing at all.

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Algur t1_j0im881 wrote

>no red states should get any funding at all because why would a state that does nothing get more money to not do shit?

You said red states “do nothing”. That’s objectively false. Try to avoid moving the goalposts in the future.

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AllAmericanSeaweed t1_j0iqxlh wrote

Texas contributes the most to the GDP for red states at 8.66%(based on your link), but is still something close to 40% less than what California does.

Except if you look at what areas in Texas contribute the most to their overall GDP, it's still the Blue Cities that contribute the most to that 8.66%.

If we wanna talk about moving goal posts, let's talk about how even in red states, blue cities produce and contribute more to society and the national gdp. Or we could talk about how interesting it is that red cities in red states are still Objectively worse off than blue cities in red states.

Edit: Additionally. The bottom states for GDP are almost all Red states. So yes objectively Red states do nothing.

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BoyTitan t1_j0irpdg wrote

You can't say anything not demonizing republicans on Reddit news.

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BoyTitan t1_j0irznx wrote

I didn't say all states don't deserve anything I said specifically NYS. NY doesn't deserve anything because it's corrupt asf.

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AllAmericanSeaweed t1_j0isit2 wrote

34 republican congressional members conspired to overthrow the government. Again by your logic, the republican party is corrupt asf, and therefore all Republican controlled states deserve nothing at all.

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Algur t1_j0ija2z wrote

>government help is socialism

Ah yes, socialism is when the government does things. Typical Reddit understanding of economic systems.

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_Cocopuffdaddy_ t1_j0i8ahp wrote

Ngl I know this is fucked, but I was sorta hoping Texas was in the mix and that it would avoid Austin… but hey next time maybe

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JohnGillnitz t1_j0jgif4 wrote

Austin Electric never went down during Uri. They cut power to most residential areas because that was the plan. If you were downtown or lived near a hospital, the power never went out. The City also made a lot of money selling power to other providers.
The water being out was silly though. The one guy who knew how to work the backup generator had retired. No one knew how to turn it on.

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