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seaglass

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13. By individual voters it's not unanimous either, seems kind of nitpicky. I mean 60% vs 36% seems pretty good. n/t
Sun Nov 17, 2024, 09:09 AM
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It's all right, Oklahoma, Massachusetts will be sending their tax money your way. So you can hate them more. Walleye Nov 17 #1
I wish there were a way for MA to keep that money Blaukraut Nov 17 #10
Yep, you can't just dump people, somebody's gotta help take care of them Walleye Nov 17 #11
There is. It's called secession. Charging Triceratops Nov 17 #28
Blue Red True Dough Nov 17 #2
I'm not sure that says what you think Bok_Tukalo Nov 17 #3
But Oklahoma has no interest in improving any of the five categories. Lonestarblue Nov 17 #4
Well, it's clearly what the majority of them want. Why? I don't know *shrug* cstanleytech Nov 17 #6
And yet the first thing they will tell you is, we don't live in a democracy Walleye Nov 17 #12
To be fair though....have we ever truly been? Or has any country? cstanleytech Nov 17 #16
No, but now the fascist are saying this is all the will of the people. I don't know how they think they know that. Walleye Nov 17 #17
Wealth and Democracy Metaphorical Nov 17 #29
This message was self-deleted by its author cstanleytech Nov 17 #31
Sure, anyone can run but how many ultimately that pass the laws at the highest levels of government aren't wealthy? cstanleytech Nov 17 #32
You could argue this is a correlation causation fallacy. nt Shermann Nov 17 #30
Lowest common denominator bottomofthehill Nov 17 #5
I suspect that most of them actually just want to pay for it even though it has a number of huge benefits. cstanleytech Nov 17 #8
Leopards have been eating their faces for so long they think it is normal. Midnight Writer Nov 17 #7
That's based on county-wide totals. By township, it was not unanimous in Mass. onenote Nov 17 #9
By individual voters it's not unanimous either, seems kind of nitpicky. I mean 60% vs 36% seems pretty good. n/t seaglass Nov 17 #13
Definitely. onenote Nov 17 #15
We do not live in a direct democracy. We live in a representative democracy. Irish_Dem Nov 17 #20
Every state has undereducated, alabama parts wolfie001 Nov 17 #24
yep. even Massachusetts onenote Nov 17 #25
I was following that Susan Read trial wolfie001 Nov 17 #26
So infuriating. We were just in OK after the election. Rich estates with TRUMP signs near FailureToCommunicate Nov 17 #14
A nation of rational, sane and critically thinking citizens La Coliniere Nov 17 #18
Well I actually have something to be happy about....My hometown Wakefield, Ma Fla Dem Nov 17 #19
Most of those Floridians are on Medicare and Social Security wolfie001 Nov 17 #23
K&R PatSeg Nov 17 #21
I'm feeling that "Ted Haggart vibes" with the OK Dept of Education head wolfie001 Nov 17 #22
Proof of why gop wants poor, low info voters....sayonara dept. Ed!!!!! Karadeniz Nov 17 #27
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