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snazypaparazzi
1 hours ago
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autoexec
1 hours ago
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Not really. The federal government bails Texas out of the messes they get themselves into all the time (like their shitty power grid). Historically, Texas has often received more in federal funding than it contributes in federal taxes.
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golem14
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Is the Texas power grid shitty? Say, compare to California’s?
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ceejayoz
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Texas_power_crisis
was pretty notable.
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johnny22
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it's that texas has it's own power grid. Other states tend to share grids.
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snazypaparazzi
57 minutes ago
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Sure, most of the South is in a hypocritical position of claiming to want the federal system I described, I want them to get it..
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