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@cjcrump69 @NPR You obviously have no clue how unemployment works.

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@revealofliberty @Bacchanalia20 @newtgingrich Me too. It tells me he's the kind of person who doesn't like bigoted, racist vermin.

Good for him.

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@mrsmj99 @driver_mann @kylegriffin1 That wouldn't be "differently", genius.

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@RedBloodedGuy @JoanZacharias @kurteichenwald After all this, you *still* can't cite any source that backs up your claim.

How much did TX send? (Net, not gross. As you so emphatically noted, tax refunds aren't payments!)

How much were grants? What do grants constitute, since you are making up your own criteria?

[Ericzku @Ericzku]

@RedBloodedGuy @JoanZacharias @kurteichenwald So you want to play semantics between "grants" and "federal spending".

Bottom line: TX is a welfare state. This is well documented multiple places.

Go ahead and play all the word games you want, it doesn't change that.

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@RedBloodedGuy @JoanZacharias @kurteichenwald You didn't answer the question.

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@RedBloodedGuy @JoanZacharias @kurteichenwald Apparently what I didn't grasp is that you are defining "grants" very narrowly, excluding most Federal expenditure.

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@RedBloodedGuy @JoanZacharias @kurteichenwald Yes, a refund not being a payment WAS MY POINT, you fuckwit.

So when you quote a number of $292,330,171 which is *gross receipts* and doesn't include refunds, you can't really use that number, can you?

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@RedBloodedGuy @JoanZacharias @kurteichenwald Percentage of state's budget is completely irrelevant to the question of funds sent to Feds vs funds received from Feds.

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@RedBloodedGuy @JoanZacharias @kurteichenwald It's not an article, it's a table of verified numbers.

"Payments to individuals": yeah, like tax refunds. They absolutely matter when calculating receipts vs expenditures.

I can't believe I have to say that.

[Ericzku @Ericzku]

@RedBloodedGuy @JoanZacharias @kurteichenwald A. That $292,330,171 number is *gross receipts*, not accounting for refunds issued and other credits.

B. I already tracked down 2019's numbers. They are linked on my original reply. But I'll make it easy for you:

2019 receipts (in millions): $267,237

Expenditures: $286,751

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@RedBloodedGuy @JoanZacharias @kurteichenwald You have conveniently left out the dollar amount that TX "receives back in grant money".

How much was that?

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@RedBloodedGuy @JoanZacharias @kurteichenwald Do you have a source to back up that "fact"?

It's well known that Texas is a net taker state. I also provided a scholarly source that shows the actual numbers to prove it.

It seems the one lacking reading comprehension is you.

[Ericzku @Ericzku]

@RedBloodedGuy @JoanZacharias @kurteichenwald Uh, you need to check your facts on that "hundreds of billions of tax revenue".

You've got it backwards.

Texas receives more from the Feds than they pay in.

So go ahead and "keep it local". Texas would be bankrupt immediately.

https://t.co/TbLeW4TyI1

[Jessica Valenti @JessicaValenti]

Rush Limbaugh had a segment called "AIDS update" set to music where he mocked dying gay people so I don't really want hear about 'speaking ill of the dead' today

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@smokeyrgreens I, too, am incredibly dismayed that all of the nation's problems weren't magically solved overnight.

That's what informed "critical thinkers" expected, right?

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@louisvirtel Pat Benatar!

It's criminal that she didn't make it last year.

She is LONG past due for her induction.

[Ericzku @Ericzku]

Devastated to learn of #MaryWilson's passing.

Here, Mary and Scherrie trade the lead on this later-Supremes gem of a song:

https://t.co/SH8xUbovEt

[Ericzku @Ericzku]

@ShannonFreshour @LibbityBoo @jaykayokay2020 @AlsoWonderWoman @mzungu56 STOP DEFLECTING AND ANSWER THE QUESTION

Have you ascertained that any violations took place? Yes or no?

If yes, which? Be specific.

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@TamaraTattles "Baskets" is a *fabulous* show. And I say that as somebody who has never been a fan of Z Galifinakis.

Louie Anderson is *incredibly good* in it. To me, the show is all about his scenes.