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[–] y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

more than seven years of the states entire police budget

What a weird line item to compare. TF do the cops, another entity that should be defunded, have to do with this?

[–] SuiXi3D@fedia.io 8 points 1 hour ago

Something the money that Meta won’t be paying won’t be paying for.

[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 hour ago (3 children)

What is Louisiana getting for those $3.3 billion in tax breaks?

[–] AliasAKA@lemmy.world 21 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

A data center that will employ like 100 people and destroy their local air quality (probably), blast tons of light at night (definitely) and otherwise destroy the local ecology.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 7 points 36 minutes ago* (last edited 35 minutes ago)

Don't forget all the water and electricity that will be taken away from the people.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 11 points 1 hour ago

Their politicians are drastically increasing their personal wealth and think they're ensuring decades of campaign contributions...

Because they're too stupid to realize the tech ros will replace them for even greedier people who ask even less questions.

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 7 points 1 hour ago

I bet those politicians are getting some sweet ~~bribes~~ gratuitues

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 1 points 7 minutes ago

At least they’re gonna get a great unemployment rate now.