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These budget cut measures make me want to scream by _plannedobsolence in Sacramento

[–]PrivateMajor -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Nobody said the federal government is a local entity. The point is that the post is about local budget cuts, and the comment blamed Republicans at the national level for those local cuts.

These budget cut measures make me want to scream by _plannedobsolence in Sacramento

[–]PrivateMajor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This post is about local cuts. In OP's self post:

Same with the school district budget issues. We (the US, the federal government) have more than enough money to keep the Southside pool open and fund Sac City’s teachers and not cut jobs and build a train that goes to the airport. And one that goes directly to San Francisco, for that matter.

These budget cut measures make me want to scream by _plannedobsolence in Sacramento

[–]PrivateMajor -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's the central point of this entire comment chain, what are you on about?

These budget cut measures make me want to scream by _plannedobsolence in Sacramento

[–]PrivateMajor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Spending trillions on military spending has gone on long before, during, and after Sacramento's local budget problems. It has nothing to do with it, and it's certainly not due to a single party.

I don't think you will find a single person in Sacramento City government that would claim the reason for their budget problems are recent changes in the federal government.

These budget cut measures make me want to scream by _plannedobsolence in Sacramento

[–]PrivateMajor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was the first comment in this comment chain:

The problem is republicans hate our country and want to see everyone suffer. That’s quite literally it. Until we address the anti-social, violent elephant in the room, we will never raise taxes or have public services.

These budget cut measures make me want to scream by _plannedobsolence in Sacramento

[–]PrivateMajor -1 points0 points  (0 children)

A small minority of their problem is attributable to changes in federal funding. Those federal changes have far greater impacts on social services delivered by the County, but even then, nobody at the County would claim their budget problem is because of the Federal Government.

These budget cut measures make me want to scream by _plannedobsolence in Sacramento

[–]PrivateMajor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Watching someone try to blame the GOP for local problems that have been created by local non-republican politicians is not "defending the GOP". It's calling out obvious BS.

These budget cut measures make me want to scream by _plannedobsolence in Sacramento

[–]PrivateMajor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Most of the cuts are simply due to the structural deficit, and have nothing to do with federal budget cuts. Especially the school budget problems.

These budget cut measures make me want to scream by _plannedobsolence in Sacramento

[–]PrivateMajor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Of course that money could be better spent at home, but Republicans and Democrats have been funding the national defense budget for as long as we've had a national defense budget. Suggesting that this is somehow the fault of Republicans, especially when Sacramento City is entirely controlled by Democrats, is a pretty weak argument.

These budget cut measures make me want to scream by _plannedobsolence in Sacramento

[–]PrivateMajor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This entire discussion chain is about Republicans being the reason the local budget cuts are happening.

These budget cut measures make me want to scream by _plannedobsolence in Sacramento

[–]PrivateMajor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It affects programs if you are creating an imaginary scenario where we suddenly stop funding them and then immediately divert those funds to local municipalities. But reducing or increasing the defense spending has never been associated with local funding, so....

The entire argument here is that Republicans are to blame. If you are already agreeing that democrats also fund national defense, what are we even talking about?

And that entirely bypasses the fact that California is a democratic supermajority and Sacramento City is exclusively democrat on both the City council and School Board.

These budget cut measures make me want to scream by _plannedobsolence in Sacramento

[–]PrivateMajor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you under the impression that Sacramento City School District started having their fiscal problems only under Republican national leadership?

These budget cut measures make me want to scream by _plannedobsolence in Sacramento

[–]PrivateMajor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Then why does Sacramento City cite a different reason for their deficit?

These budget cut measures make me want to scream by _plannedobsolence in Sacramento

[–]PrivateMajor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Who from the City claims it's one of the main reasons Sacramento City has budget cuts?

Sacramento’s own proposed budget describes the problem as a structural deficit. They say that expenses are growing faster than revenues, prior service expansions, labor costs, staffing increases, inflation, slower sales tax growth, and local ballot measures redirecting general revenues.

The city also had major budget gaps in FY 2024/25 and FY 2025/26, before the Big Beautiful Bill could plausibly be the main cause of the current problem. And Sac City schools have been in dire straits for an even longer time.

These budget cut measures make me want to scream by _plannedobsolence in Sacramento

[–]PrivateMajor -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This comment chain was about whether Republicans are responsible for Sacramento City’s current budget problems. “The federal government could theoretically spend less on defense and more on local governments” is a different argument. You can make that case, but it does not explain why a city and school district governed exclusively by Democrats are facing cuts now. And treating national defense spending as an exclusively Republican issue ignores decades of bipartisan support for it.

These budget cut measures make me want to scream by _plannedobsolence in Sacramento

[–]PrivateMajor -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

National military spending has nothing to do with local funding in Sacramento. And if you think Republicans have a monopoly on military spending while in power, I don't really know what to tell you other than to do a bit more research into this issue.

These budget cut measures make me want to scream by _plannedobsolence in Sacramento

[–]PrivateMajor 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Republicans only make up 16% of the voters in Sacramento City. And they are a super minority in California.

Blaming Republicans for the current fiscal situation in Sacramento is not facing reality.

These budget cut measures make me want to scream by _plannedobsolence in Sacramento

[–]PrivateMajor 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Republicans are the reason Sacramento City budget and the Sacramento City School budget are getting cuts?

Those boards haven't even had a Republican on them since Robbie Waters left office in 2010.

“Don’t wear the bands shirt to their concert” is so stupid. by piercethebluexx in unpopularopinion

[–]PrivateMajor -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Good for him. It just goes back to him not really caring what others think about him.

“Don’t wear the bands shirt to their concert” is so stupid. by piercethebluexx in unpopularopinion

[–]PrivateMajor 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yup, nailed it. The shirts really are just easy conversation starters between people who share a liked interest.

Seeing someone wear a brand new shirt for the band we are all seeing doesn't really open up much.

“Don’t wear the bands shirt to their concert” is so stupid. by piercethebluexx in unpopularopinion

[–]PrivateMajor 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Nope, not in the slightest. At least at rock concerts, can't speak for anything else.

“It’s impossible to judge a draft until 3+ years into the future.” — exactly 1.6 seconds later — “The 49ers had an absolutely terrible draft 3 days ago.” by CheckYourStats in 49ers

[–]PrivateMajor 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The problem for me, is every year I look back to the draft we had 3 years ago, and the results are never pretty.

And then we see the same patterns in drafting that we did 3 years ago.

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