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Yavin4

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7. We are in a cold Civil War.

Reply to UCmeNdc (Original post)

Sun May 3, 2020, 02:22 PM

May 2020

In the blue states, the people pay for and receive services from their state government. In the red states, the people allow their state government and their employers to use and abuse them at will. They allow themselves to be exploited.

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Ron DeSantis Says Red States Will 'Lose Competitive Advantage' If Blue States Get COVID-19 Funds [View all] UCmeNdc May 2020 OP

Meaning their low wage, under benefitted workforce? guillaumeb May 2020 #1

Political gain before people dlk May 2020 #2

LOL!!! Squinch May 2020 #3

Fuck, I will on the wrong side of the lines rzemanfl May 2020 #4

You'll have company...n/t bluecollar2 May 2020 #18

Do think it is time to start buying stuff that comes in glass bottles and rzemanfl May 2020 #20

This is hurricane country bluecollar2 May 2020 #22

If a hurricane hits here this house will be gone along with anything we store in it. rzemanfl May 2020 #23

This is some kind of "mistake" ? Is DeSantis arguing that Democratic controlled states should not Stuart G May 2020 #5

Yes BlueJac May 2020 #9

I thought the United States was, er, the United States? The Velveteen Ocelot May 2020 #6

We are in a cold Civil War. Yavin4 May 2020 #7

Competitive advantage? Hav May 2020 #8

+1 bigtree May 2020 #12

Has America found someone dumber than Trump? uponit7771 May 2020 #10

He is at least a contender. Chainfire May 2020 #11

They share one (inadequate) brain between them. nt tblue37 May 2020 #15

I'll keep that in mind the next time AleksS May 2020 #13

Exactly! Gov Cuomo has sent help when Florida has a hurricane tulipsandroses May 2020 #16

Hurricanes you dumb, dumb mother f#$ker JCMach1 May 2020 #14

Jeez! If you really want to give them an advantage, elect Democrats nuxvomica May 2020 #17

Competitive Advantage? BlueIdaho May 2020 #19

Sometimes they just open their mouths and confirm what you always suspected. Baitball Blogger May 2020 #21