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[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 34 points 5 days ago (2 children)

the short answer is that conservatives refused to pay. the budgets were too small, too delayed or didnt exist at all.

texas got exactly what they paid for.

just like with guns, theres a dead-kid tax that will be unavoidable when you only care about yourself.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

texas got exactly what they ~~paid~~ voted for.

ftfy

[–] flandish@lemmy.world 29 points 5 days ago

we learned. they deemed our lives too expensive and painful to the bottom lines.

ain’t no war but class war.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

Texans? Learn?

They keep re-electing Fled Cruz. They're not big on the learning.

[–] troed@fedia.io 5 points 4 days ago

Lots of people still choose to buy/build houses in disaster prone areas. "It hasn't happened in the last 30 years" doesn't mean it won't tomorrow.