Texas Gov. Greg Abbott boasted shortly after he began soliciting private donations for his controversial migrant busing program that there would likely “be no cost to the state” given the outpouring of support from concerned citizens across the country.But after nearly more than two years of fundraising to offset the program’s costs, Abbott’s operation has collected less than half of 1% of the roughly $150 million spent on busing migrants to sanctuary cities, according to a review of state records. And CNN found that the largest donation –$900,000 – never made it into the state’s coffers, either because it was a mistake or a prank.
  • daikiki@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    What kind of world do we live in when a fundamentalist authoritarian lunatic can’t even successfully crowdfund his human trafficking operation?

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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    8 months ago

    Bwahahahaha! Way to go, shithead. Doing the best job at spending state funds improving the lives of your fucking constituents. Of course, he’ll never be held to account for the losses. And schools and infrastructure and ordinary people will suffer for it.

  • Zerlyna@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    I don’t get how these millionaires give money to people like Trump (who SHOULD be rich enough to use his own money, didn’t he say that one time?) but that kind of money could be helping out homeless and hungry families. Medical bills for uninsured kids vs the family going bankrupt. That’s just a start.

    • freshcow@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      It’s easy to understand when you realize that the system they benefit from (capitalism) relies on the fear of poverty / homelessness to keep people working long hour and low wage jobs, without time or financial stability to organize and make demands of their employer or government. People are far easier to exploit when they are desperate and living hand to mouth.