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As over a million acres burn, FEMA denies aid to Oregon (kepw-wholecommunity.news)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/boycottus@lemmy.ca
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[–] 9 points 3 months ago (1 child)

You just let me know Oregon when you have had enough and I am pretty sure many will flock to you.

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    • [–] 8 points 3 months ago

    Of course not... that money is going to the pentagon to prop up yet another losing war. Get with the program.

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    [–] 5 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    “Sovreignty has responsibilities, right fellas?” - Unimpressed Canada

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 3 months ago

    Unfortunately, fascists see their own hypocrisy as a sign of strength; they seem themselves as above the rules. Such thorough dishonesty (and disconnect from reality, from civility) that I don't know why one would ever listen to them, let alone believe them or take them seriously

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    • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    “FEMA fucked Katrina, yeah that’s for certain

    Nothing to be concerned with

    The era of diversion”

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    [–] 10 points 3 months ago*

    Trump's administration treats Portland like a whipping boy because despite being a rather milquetoast average-liberal town, we have an unearned reputation as an edgy leftist enclave merely from serving as refugee city for the region's LGBTQ+ crowd. I don't know if the administration is aware that outside the Willamette Valley, things get red and MAGA fast. That entire eastern region currently on fire all went to Trump in the 2024 election. They're just letting some of their most dedicated constituency go up in flames, quite literally.

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    [–] 9 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    If the federal government isn't going to help then maybe the state should keep the federal taxes

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    1000004389

    not sure why blue states have continued paying after having their actual rights trampled on, but if we're not going to be supported by the tax dollars paid then there's literally zero incentive to continue paying.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

    Pretty sure just about all tax-paying entities file federal taxes directly with the IRS, states aren't involved in the transfer. That's why eg income taxes have multiple filings for different levels of government. Each tax-paying entity stands alone against the IRS. An organized tax strike would probably at minimum bring out the national guard. From the perspective of the federal government a tax strike cannot under any condition be allowed to stand, it's a serious threat to sovereignty and continuity.

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