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9. How about we use the 8 billion for Appalachia flood damage

Reply to Magoo48 (Reply #7)

Wed Jan 8, 2025, 06:06 PM

Jan 2025

Well if we used the money for that then the "right" people don't get rich. Appalachia , fire damage, toxic site cleanup, housing for the homeless don't have the most well-funded and influential lobbyist organizations on their side. It's all about the Benjamin's, as they say!

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How about we use the 8 billion for Appalachia flood damage, fire damage, toxic site cleanup, housing for the homeless? Magoo48 Jan 2025 #7

How about we use the 8 billion for Appalachia flood damage endgenocide Jan 2025 #9

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