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no_hypocrisy

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1. In the late 90s, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani had a similar scheme:

Reply to MagaSmash (Original post)

Wed Jul 9, 2025, 04:26 AM

Jul 9

Fire city workers (read, UNION) who did maintenance, e.g., raking, sweeping, cleaning city properties -- and replace them with anyone receiving "welfare". He would have welfare recipients doing the maintenance as part of the work requirements he wanted to impose.

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In the late 90s, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani had a similar scheme: no_hypocrisy Jul 9 #1