• Riskable@programming.dev
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    2 days ago

    So… To save lives in situations like this you need to collect taxes to pay for a socialist weather prediction and emergency management system.

    Texas: “Taxes and socialism‽ Forget it! We’d rather die. All we need to defend ourselves from weather or anything else is big pickup trucks and guns!”

    • Boddhisatva@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      Yep. Readers might think you’re joking, but that’s pretty much right there in the article.

      In an interview, Rob Kelly, the Kerr County judge and its most senior elected official, said the county did not have a warning system because such systems are expensive, and local residents are resistant to new spending.

      “Taxpayers won’t pay for it,” Mr. Kelly said. Asked if people might reconsider in light of the catastrophe, he said, “I don’t know.”