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      While there is no income tax, property taxes are typically the way Texas makes up for that revenue and are higher than other states (9th highest). Which is why places like Houston have been irresponsibly developed into floodplains.

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    In 2024 Texas’ general results in the Presidential election were:

    • Donald Trump - 6,393,597 - 56.2%
    • Kamala Harris - 4,835,250 - 42.5%

    Kerr County, the place this article is about, swung proportionally harder:

    • Donald Trump - 21,615 - 76.8%
    • Kamala Harris - 6,315 - 22.4%

    Source

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    It’s strange how there’s inadequate flood warning systems in place for an area where they keep voting against taxes and doing everything they can to avoid paying them.

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    “There are so many different things that are wrong. For instance, FEMA sucks.”

    Despite what right wing media claims, FEMA, when not under the thumb of a GOP idiot, does a fine and admirable job in most cases.

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      In general the federal government is actually more efficient than most corporations. It’s just that when the government does mess up, everyone points a spotlight on it and screams their head off, but when corporations fuck up massively, the corporate owned media does everything they can to sweep it under the nearest available rug.

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        Corporations have (theoretically) one person who makes the decisions. Anyone who disagrees is shown the door.

        Governments are led by thousands of competing interests. Once a decision is finally made, everyone who disagreed actively tries to undermine their opposition rather then work together.

        It is incredible to believe that on average corporations cannot compete against that level of internal conflict.

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    Tragic, now maybe you’ll learn from Karma and start trying to make Texas less of a third world shithole.

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    Have they tried Picking themselves UP by Their Bootstraps? THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!

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    Well, the government cannot afford to help lowly people. They need all the money they can get their hands on for the tax breaks for the rich. Your suffering helps the state to achieve this worthy goal!