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harumph

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Mon Jul 7, 2025, 08:25 PM Jul 7

My suggestion is that Texas spend some of its so-called "Rainy Day Fund" for actual rainy days. [View all]

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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