• BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Republican Texas specifically denies using federal money to supplement the state funds for Medicaid and unemployment. Free money just sitting on the table and Texas gives the federal government the bird and tells citizens they should have been born rich.

    Then Republicans campaign saying, “Does your life on public assistance suck? That’s because a Democrat is president. If you instead pay more taxes, then we can hurt the Blacks and Mexicans even more so you will feel higher than a Black person.”

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      7 months ago

      That’s the wild thing about the Medicaid expansion. For years, it was 100% federally funded. The right used fearmongering about that finding dropping off… but it’s still like 95% federally funded…