Lets Talk About A Democratic City
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Again, what I showed you fucked up red and blue towns in this state.
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Memphis is a democratic city. You want to run your mouth, but you were shown where republican policy fucked up red and bue cities in an entire state. You were also shown examples of other blue cities that were harmed by Republican policies by governors.
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You are talking to a man who lives in a red state and has seen what the policies Republicans endorse implemented at the state level can do.You are talking to a man who lives in a red state and has seen what the policies Republicans endorse implemented at the state level can do. So don't ask stupid questions and don't run your mouth blaming democrats for all the probems.
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Near midnight on Tuesday, June 6, a number of Republicans in the Kansas legislature did something that few other elected Republicans had done in years: They acted responsibly. Joining with Democrats, they voted to roll back the huge tax cuts that Republican Governor Sam Brownback had inflicted on the state, which had devastated schools and other essential services while also depressing the state's economy. But after five years of this exercise in trickle-down, the damage had been done.
THE ROBERT B. DOCKING State Office Building looms large amid the sparse downtown Topeka landscape. Built along modernist lines in the 1950s, when government bureaucracy began to expand across the country, the simple concrete and glass structure provides a stark contrast with the Greco-Roman-style Kansas state capitol that has stood across the street since the late 19th century.
The Docking building was at one time home to most of the state government's agencies, such as the Department of Revenue, the Department of Children and Families, and the Alcoholic Beverage Control. Today, the 12-story, 500,000-square-foot building sits nearly vacant—a laminated white sheet of paper on the door reads: “No More Public Services In This Building.” One by one, the alphabet soup of state agencies that once occupied the building moved out, most relocating to rented space in private office buildings.
The decaying, hollowed-out building stands as a grim testament to the blunt-force trauma that Brownback's 2012 tax cuts visited on his state, and to the ensuing budgetary crises that led lawmakers to cut government services to the bone.
For years, Brownback has called for Docking to be demolished rather than renovated. It's an apt metaphor for his approach to government.
The state's health-care system teeters on the verge of catastrophe, as Brownback's privatization of state Medicaid services and further refusal to expand Medicaid has squeezed low-income Kansans and health-care providers alike. Dozens of struggling hospitals across the state are on the verge of closing. “We have to make decisions every day, on which bills to pay. I mean that literally,” one small-town hospital CEO says. Brownback’s decision to cut taxes rather than restore K–12 public education funding has strained both urban and rural school districts, compelling two districts to end the school year early. Meanwhile, he’s ushered in drastic cuts to social services and placed strict work requirements and other limits on welfare programs.
Kansas, Sam Brownback, and the Trickle-Down Implosion
The Kansas governor’s attempt to create supply-side nirvana in Middle America not only failed to grow the economy—it created a crippling crisis of government that led to a statewide rejection of his politics.prospect.org
You republicans need to quit trying that Goebbels bs. Repeating a lie over and over and over doesn't make that lie chnge into the truth. Flint is a Democrat ran city fucked up by a Republican policy. There are examples like that everywhere. Jackson Mississippi is another one. Now we see Memphis. Democrats have not been perfect, but there is a reasn why Republicans lose these local elections and it's not because Democrats cheat. Or because they promise handouts. It's time you Republicans faced the fact that
YOU LOSE BECAUSE YOUR POLICIES SUCK!
i can relate to that situation IM....i lived in a blue state and seen what the policies democrats endorse at the state level can do to the quality of life....MANY OF THEIR POLICIES SUCK TOO....
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Harsh words and strongly worded letters.
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I think California is doing better than Kansas and a whole of other states. You have had both republican mayors and governors in California.
AZrailwhale
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It sounds like he is fiscally sound. Smaller and poorer government benefits everyone who doesn’t suck at the governmental teat like you spent a career doing.You are talking to a man who lives in a red state and has seen what the policies Republicans endorse implemented at the state level can do. So don't ask stupid questions and don't run your mouth blaming democrats for all the probems.
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Near midnight on Tuesday, June 6, a number of Republicans in the Kansas legislature did something that few other elected Republicans had done in years: They acted responsibly. Joining with Democrats, they voted to roll back the huge tax cuts that Republican Governor Sam Brownback had inflicted on the state, which had devastated schools and other essential services while also depressing the state's economy. But after five years of this exercise in trickle-down, the damage had been done.
THE ROBERT B. DOCKING State Office Building looms large amid the sparse downtown Topeka landscape. Built along modernist lines in the 1950s, when government bureaucracy began to expand across the country, the simple concrete and glass structure provides a stark contrast with the Greco-Roman-style Kansas state capitol that has stood across the street since the late 19th century.
The Docking building was at one time home to most of the state government's agencies, such as the Department of Revenue, the Department of Children and Families, and the Alcoholic Beverage Control. Today, the 12-story, 500,000-square-foot building sits nearly vacant—a laminated white sheet of paper on the door reads: “No More Public Services In This Building.” One by one, the alphabet soup of state agencies that once occupied the building moved out, most relocating to rented space in private office buildings.
The decaying, hollowed-out building stands as a grim testament to the blunt-force trauma that Brownback's 2012 tax cuts visited on his state, and to the ensuing budgetary crises that led lawmakers to cut government services to the bone.
For years, Brownback has called for Docking to be demolished rather than renovated. It's an apt metaphor for his approach to government.
The state's health-care system teeters on the verge of catastrophe, as Brownback's privatization of state Medicaid services and further refusal to expand Medicaid has squeezed low-income Kansans and health-care providers alike. Dozens of struggling hospitals across the state are on the verge of closing. “We have to make decisions every day, on which bills to pay. I mean that literally,” one small-town hospital CEO says. Brownback’s decision to cut taxes rather than restore K–12 public education funding has strained both urban and rural school districts, compelling two districts to end the school year early. Meanwhile, he’s ushered in drastic cuts to social services and placed strict work requirements and other limits on welfare programs.
Kansas, Sam Brownback, and the Trickle-Down Implosion
The Kansas governor’s attempt to create supply-side nirvana in Middle America not only failed to grow the economy—it created a crippling crisis of government that led to a statewide rejection of his politics.
You republicans need to quit trying that Goebbels bs. Repeating a lie over and over and over doesn't make that lie chnge into the truth. Flint is a Democrat ran city fucked up by a Republican policy. There are examples like that everywhere. Jackson Mississippi is another one. Now we see Memphis. Democrats have not been perfect, but there is a reasn why Republicans lose these local elections and it's not because Democrats cheat. Or because they promise handouts. It's time you Republicans faced the fact that
YOU LOSE BECAUSE YOUR POLICIES SUCK!
Governments should provide ESSENTIAL services like law enforcement, fire safety and a few other things. It shouldn’t be providing money for local education, medical services or charity. Highways and bridges should be funded by the state out of fuel taxes. User fees should pay for other state services.
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And your diversion faiLs to recignnize that Repubicans and democrats have been Governors and Mayors in Caifornia. San Diego is a republican area and it has the same problems they have in LA. Then you have people in Republican run Florida living in tents or cardboard boxes. We have that here in Kansas too. And I don't think any Governor in that state tried what was dne in Kansas. So again, what you Republicans spew blaming democrats for everything bad is bs.
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San Diego has issues, but it's not nearly as bad as Los Angeles and the Bay Area and San Diego also has a Democratic mayor. California hasn't had a Republican governor in over a decade. The Republicans haven't controlled either chamber of the state legislature since the turn of the century.
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Name three of their policies aimed at good, real core Americans?
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We were much safer in Chicago when only the criminals had guns.
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Great idea IM2, you guys always wanted criminals to have all the guns. They have a greater shot at crime when good Americans can't arm themselves. Good Americans are boring, we need an UPRISING, and you should lead. Totally gangsta' dude.Republicans in this forum never take rsponsibility for anything. The love to blame democrats for everything wrong as if the draconian Republican policies they present are the panacea. Here we see one example of what Republicans do to "Democrtic" cities if they try proposing things that will actually help their citizens.
Tennessee Republicans tell Memphis to abandon gun reform or risk funding cuts
Republican leaders in the Tennessee House and Senate warned Memphis officials on Monday that if the city puts gun reform on the ballot this November, the state will withhold the city’s sales tax revenue.
In a joint statement, House Speaker Cameron Sexton, R-Crossville, and Senate Speaker Randy McNally, R-Oak Ridge, said that the legislature “will not tolerate any attempts to go rogue and perform political sideshows.”
“If they do not want to participate within the state and state laws, then they do not need to participate in the state’s successes,” the statement said.
It’s not the first time the state has opposed local initiatives in Memphis. Earlier this year, the state legislature passed a law reversing police reform that the city council had instituted after the death of Tyre Nichols.
Tennessee Republicans tell Memphis to abandon gun reform or risk funding cuts
Republican leaders in the Tennessee House and Senate warned Memphis officials on Monday that if the city puts gun reform on the ballot this November, the state will withhold the city’s sales tax revenue.www.wkms.org
Memphis has a gun crime probem and Republicans here run their mouths about it. Yet when they propose a solution to the problem Republicans use underhanded tactics to stop what they want to do. This goes on in other states as well.
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