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Grins

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2. What about the other 30%?

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Thu Oct 17, 2024, 01:06 PM

Oct 2024

$17.6 million over 2 years is peanuts for a state like Washington.

What I don’t like about an “income requirements” test is that it stigmatizes those who need it, spotlighting who they are leading to shaming. And that is powerful.

Better is what Walz did in Minnesota - free for everyone. Especially because Republicans HATE that…

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What about the other 30%? Grins Oct 2024 #2