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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

No mention of homelessness?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He did have some interesting things to say, though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

If I'd seen a gag about renaming Greenland 'Red, White, and Blueland' in Idiocracy I would have thought they were pouring it on a little thick.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Here's what a lot of people never heard.

Back before he became Governor, California had a great mental health system. Anyone who needed help could find a bed. Reagan decided cut costs by closing the hospitals. Pretty soon Cali had a big homeless problem, which was solved by hiring more cops and building more jails.

Worked so good he did it again.