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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] arc@lemm.ee 44 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Love the false equivalence. Your city taxes can't fix the potholes because your federal taxes pay for a military.

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[–] hark@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Those federal taxes cannot be allocated to state funds which cannot then be allocated to city funds to maintain roads?

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[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

No because they must be spent to kill Palestinian children. Get your Merican priorities straight.

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[–] fender_symphonic584@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

You're not wrong, but original point could still be right, depending in the road. There are many federal highways and interstates, where this equivalence makes sense. However most other roads are state, county or city owned.

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[–] mingistech@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Federal tax funds the maintenance of the Interstate Highways.

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[–] TheSanSabaSongbird@lemdro.id 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Where do you see an interstate highway in the pic?

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[–] mingistech@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Mobile billboards go where people are. I saw a Pro-Life billboard on a similar truck, where it was parked was not linked to the content on the sign.

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[–] vox@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 years ago

and the interstate highways aren't that bad in terms of shape tho?

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