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WHITT

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6. Hey

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sun Feb 21, 2021, 04:14 PM

Feb 2021

that part is self-inflicted. Get it from the Texas state 'rainy-day' fund or raise taxes on the rich & corporate. They deregulated, now live with it.

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Republicans eye federal funds to help pay Texans' exorbitant energy bills [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2021 OP

Bailouts for ERCOT stockholders is what they are "eyeing". nt live love laugh Feb 2021 #1

What would they do if they had seceded like they keep talking about? NYC Liberal Feb 2021 #2

No reason to pay the grifting companies, imo; elleng Feb 2021 #3

why should I who live in another state have to help STUPID texas. It is the fault Trueblue1968 Feb 2021 #24

Reeps getting bailouts will NEVER learn from their mistakes. ananda Feb 2021 #4

Just say NO to this Lulu Latech Feb 2021 #5

How much did they make during this storm? LeftInTX Feb 2021 #21

Hey WHITT Feb 2021 #6

Exactly. No free lunches....you live by your philosophy of deregulation OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2021 #12

"No free lunches" Prof. Toru Tanaka Feb 2021 #31

Yep ornotna Feb 2021 #27

Oh. Hell. No. lindysalsagal Feb 2021 #7

But, that's "SOCIALISM!" MineralMan Feb 2021 #8

Did anyone NOT see this coming? Midnight Writer Feb 2021 #9

Texas has a big "Rainy Day" fund. Patterson Feb 2021 #10

Can't use it since it is snow not rain! whistler162 Feb 2021 #15

How about those energy grifters pay? pandr32 Feb 2021 #11

We should make Jerry Jones the face of this tishaLA Feb 2021 #13

Didn't he make $300 million from this storm? LeftInTX Feb 2021 #22

I just heard that he bragged about hitting the jackpot tishaLA Feb 2021 #29

They should not pay the exhorbitant fees for Griddy customers. Ms. Toad Feb 2021 #14

Hell no Ferryboat Feb 2021 #16

ABSOLUTELY NOT Takket Feb 2021 #17

More 'top down' thinking from the GOP. louis-t Feb 2021 #18

It's a failed state. They better vote out those republicans... brush Feb 2021 #19

Jerry Jones and other billionaires hand out from Republicans. sarcasmo Feb 2021 #20

this pisses me off nt XanaDUer2 Feb 2021 #23

Me, too Deuxcents Feb 2021 #30

Never even thought of that XanaDUer2 Feb 2021 #33

then they better bailout the blue state governments dsc Feb 2021 #25

Nope, nope, nope... 2naSalit Feb 2021 #26

Grifty Grafty Shifty Shafty. Big Texas sized con. Baked Potato Feb 2021 #28

First make Griddy give back all the money they auto-debited out of peoples' accounts Rstrstx Feb 2021 #32