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jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

Texas Gov. Spent $221 Million on Migrant Busing 'Political Stunt'

www.commondreams.org

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Texas Gov. Spent $221 Million on Migrant Busing 'Political Stunt'

www.commondreams.org

jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 2 months ago
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    Thats $1841.67 per Migrant.

    Not counting legal fees incurred by retaliation from the migrants.

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      so an empathetic government could have actually just handed them all relief checks a la COVID

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        Or ironically just let them be so they don’t cost taxpayers money, something Repugnantcans claim to care about.

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          I prefer repuglicunts, but yours works too.

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