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harumph

(3,115 posts) Mon Jul 7, 2025, 07:25 PM Jul 2025

Texas currently has a 24 Billion Dollar Surplus AND 28 Billion Dollars in its Rainy Day Fund.

https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/texas-has-nearly-24-billion-surplus-and-more-than-28-billion-in-rainy-day-fund/

Maybe spend some of that on public safety? Abbott? Patrick? Anyone?

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My suggestion is that Texas spend some of its so-called "Rainy Day Fund" for actual rainy days. (Original Post) harumph Jul 2025 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author wcmagumba Jul 2025 #1

But then how would they pay for their trips to Cancun? Wounded Bear Jul 2025 #2

wcmagumba This message was self-deleted by its author.

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2. But then how would they pay for their trips to Cancun?

Mon Jul 7, 2025, 07:37 PM

Jul 2025