Republican lawmakers from five states are seeking to ban guaranteed basic-income programs, citing costs for taxpayers.
  • lolcatnip@reddthat.comEnglish
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    4 months ago

    What kind of fantasy land are you living in where local governments have any power at all to make state governments do anything?

    • debanqued@beehaw.org
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      4 months ago

      And to be clear, the use of “state” in your quote was the generic sense of the word.

      (emphasis added)

      • lolcatnip@reddthat.comEnglish
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        4 months ago

        You’re talking about Republicans but then saying “state” is a generic word.

        But anyway, assuming you mean nation-states, what makes you think there’s anything preventing nation-states from just letting their people starve? They do it all the time.