Texas Gov. Spent $221 Million on Migrant Busing 'Political Stunt'
Texas Gov. Spent $221 Million on Migrant Busing 'Political Stunt'
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Should have spent that money on their shitbird electrical grid.
Greg Abbott is a little piss baby.
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Yeah, they love sending them to Denver in the middle of the night during cold winters. They’ve been asked to drop them off during the day, but that wouldn’t be cruel, you know. We welcome our guests, and I will continue to knit and donate scarves for them. Fuck Texas.
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Thats $1841.67 per Migrant.
Not counting legal fees incurred by retaliation from the migrants.
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If you're going to quote, might as well make it worse:
"By comparison, a bus ticket to New York costs about $215, while a flight costs about $350," he highlighted. "It would have WAY cheaper to just give migrants money for tickets. Abbott's effort not only made it a political stunt, it lined a contractor's pocket."
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That's a MUCH better use of My Taxpayer Dollars then Feeding STARVING AMERICAN CHILDREN!
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So, its funny. I remember another statewide leader taking a historic bus trip with a group of immigrants.
Pharmacies just on the other side of the US/Mexico border are selling the exact same prescription drugs as those available in Texas pharmacies at drastically reduced prices, entirely thanks to the cartelized nature of domestic pharmaceutical prices. While it is not illegal to buy these drugs for personal use and transport them across the border, it is illegal to buy them and bring them across the border for sale.
When you think about what a guy like Greg Abbott is doing, when he rounds up a bunch of "illegal immigrants" and buses them around the country, its worth considering what does and does not constitute as crime.
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at drastically reduced prices
They're not reduced prices. They're normal prices. The cost for insulin in the US is bloated and excessive beyond all comprehension. Framing it as a reduced or discount price in Mexico feeds into the idea that the US prices are somehow reasonable or normal. They are not.
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Just a fun reminder that Cuba has a lung cancer vaccine that costs like $1 per shot.
I feel like healthcare costs could be a real catalyst for left-policies in the U.S but the Healthcare Industry is going to fight it every step of the way.
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Fucking monster.
Though there is some schadenfreude to be had that he managed to actually get the attention he wanted from this only for his colleages in congress to spike the biggest gift of an immigration bill they could have ever hoped for at the behest of their orange toddler-in-chief.
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And Republican Texans will gobble it up and see no real problem with it, because it hurts the people they dont like. He could bankrupt the state and Republicans would be okay with it if it was in the name of hurting people they don't like
His citizens freeze to death during the winter and overheat during the summer, but whatever lets bus people 2000 miles away as a stunt. Or you could build apt buildings to house them in...this guy is the worst
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Gov. Fascism on Wheels giving $2k government handouts to a bunch of migrants lmao.
It would be actually funny, but these desperate people are being treated like subhuman political pawns.
It seems like the entire immigration system keeps getting more cruel over the years. And now Dems are pushing a far-right immigration bill, and Trump is advocating for a final solution for 12 million people.
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Think of how many gun sanctuaries they could have built with that money.
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they could've built more than 2 Cop Cities
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Human trafficking*
It's not "migrant bussing" it's fuckin blatant human trafficking.
Call it what it is and hold this piece of shit accountable.
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Worst coyotes ever.
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This shit is enraging
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Politically I’d argue it did get some democrats to wake up to the issue, maybe not to the extent most would like though. This could’ve been “solved” with Senator Lankford’s bill, but Trump had to … Trump I guess. Hopefully this is resolved soon in some way or another after the election.
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Surely we gotta admit it's a good plan politically and fair logisticly? Why wouldn't non-boarder states take a fair share of immigrants?
Edit - plenty of downvotes but no answer to the question, why wouldn't they?
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The problem is many times they would not tell the immigrants nor the destination city that they were doing it... making life even harder on these human beings for no other reason than to score political points. Should have worked with all cities from the beginning to do what is best for them. They are treated as sub human by Republicans.
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Yes they should but that's largely down to Democrats, if they wanted to have a dialog and offer to pay to have their busses collect them then I doubt the republican senators could refuse from a political standpoint
Where are the plans to make a fair ayatem? Where are the calls to organize peoper transport? All I see is democrats calling it immoral and saying they should stop.
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It's about delivery. What they're doing is lying to people, and then dumping them randomly in downtowns or in places unprepared to provide services. Not to mention, the cost of this political theater is significantly more than just... You know, helping them directly.
If this was done with actual humanitarian goals and compassion, states can coordinate and actually help people.
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That's always the case. Like how it's more expensive to police homelessness than home them.
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Help them how? You think some Texas town can fix an immigrants life and process them for less than $1800 per head?
The sanctuary cities have resources and infrastructure which texas biarder towns do not, splitting the large numbers of immigrants between them makes sense if those people are going to be living in the community until they're processed. The prior method of keeping them in cages fed on gruel and afforded no humanity is rightfully ruled out so what other option is there?
I agree that it should be better organized, maybe the receiving states should have an open and balanced dialog where they agree to pay for and organize transport themselves to ensure the people are treated with dignity and everything is organized for their arrival.
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So you think $1800 per migrant for a bus ride is an efficient and fair use of taxpayer dollars? You think dumping them in six specific Democrat-led cities is a fair distribution? You think migrants looking for a better life are a burden to be shared and not an economic and cultural benefit?
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Six cities that declared themselves sanctuary cities? Surely those are the best places, they actively advertise migrants are welcome.
And you say dumping them but then say they're an economic and cultural benefit, surely if you believe that you think its great thes six democrat cities benefit?
As for the cost, maybe those cities could send their own busses to collect them instead? Would be a strong move politically plus they could be better prepared for their arrival. But yes that's not a huge amount of money for the logistics of moving people, cheaper than housing them all and paying all the other costs in the boarder towns they come from, cities have far more resources and better infrastructure. Though of course it wouldn't be popular for the local politician because as we've seen the sanctuary cities get upset when faced with the reality of large numbers of immigrants.
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Is 2000$ per person for a bus ride a good deal in the first place? Might want to check who they paid for the services.
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It's also including the cost of admin and additional services, but yes immigrants cost the nation a lot of money - you think this is expensive wait until you see how much it costs to house them and all that stuff...
This is why boarder states are doing it, it is cheaper for them to spend one time 2000 than all the other costs that would be incurred
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It ain't his money, it's the people of Texas' money, and they keep electing these racist scumbags, so I guess it's worth it to them to just piss their taxes up a wall, to virtue singal
Many vote red but it is also all the barriers they put in the way for democratic voters. This is a deeply corrupt state.
Yeah, it's probably the most gerrymandered state in the entire country and that's fucking SAYING something!
The simple fact that Ted Cruz keeps getting reelected in spite of being almost universally despised should tell you all you need about the state of representative democracy in Texas..