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not fooled

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9. Tax cuts for the rich, not infrastructure

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Wed Mar 11, 2026, 04:01 AM

9 hrs ago

Starting in earnest with that evil old bastard reagan, money to maintain the nation as a first-world country has been looted in the form of tax cuts for the wealthy.

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Human waste backing up in basements is a gut-churning sign of US infrastructure problems [View all] Omaha Steve 13 hrs ago OP

Back to the 1860s when the Potomac River stunk. C Moon 13 hrs ago #1

MOAR $$$$ for WARRRRRR!!!! fujiyamasan 13 hrs ago #2

thing is, even when we are NOT at war - and (ostensibly) HAVE money stopdiggin 11 hrs ago #5

Humans should copy how China deals with sewage at140 13 hrs ago #3

How does China blue-wave 12 hrs ago #4

and kind of a dumb ass idea, when looking at a city of 10 million .... stopdiggin 11 hrs ago #6

Americans dump all kinds of unnatural stuff down their sewers -- paper (not a fertilizer), plastic, drain cleaners, ... eppur_se_muova 10 hrs ago #7

Good news! The Potomac is only the drinking water source for millions of people! flvegan 9 hrs ago #8

Tax cuts for the rich, not infrastructure not fooled 9 hrs ago #9

Oh look, Miguelito Loveless 3 hrs ago #10