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JIMMYJAWN t1_iyqocvm wrote

Reply to comment by largeroastbeef in University of Pennsylvania student attacked in Center City; female suspect sought by JBizznass

They didn’t lower taxes when Regan killed those hospitals. The money got spent on arms proliferation or whatever. The trick is to take money from somewhere else and put it back into public services.

But yes, convincing the feds to do that will be damn near impossible and the ‘easiest’ thing would be to do it at a municipal level and increase the city budget by raising taxes.

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MeEvilBob t1_iyqplp8 wrote

There's never been more than a tiny handful of congressmen and senators who come from a working class family in a rough area. "The feds" are mostly rich suburban white guys who believe that all homeless people are only living on the street because they're too lazy to get a job.

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mustang__1 t1_iyrhgtk wrote

He lowered funding back to where it was just a year or two prior. He didn't end it.

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