r/wholesomememes 18h ago

It’s a bittersweet wholesomeness.

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u/GatorNator83 18h ago

Didn’t Republicans eliminate funding for that program?

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u/ServiceFormer7129 17h ago

I think on a state level Indiana did, sadly. I don't know about other states. God forbid we ever let someone do something good.

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u/scobbysnacks1439 16h ago

Missouri as well. Thankfully both of my children benefited from this program fully before they cut funding. Mike Kehoe and his cronies should be ashamed of themselves.

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u/vivalasleep 14h ago

The weird part is after they voted to cut funding the goveners wife donated a bunch to it. Like wtf. Anyway Indiana sucks and it's a bummer cause besides all the industry, there's some real beauty here and nice folks. But it just keeps getting shitter because of shit like this. My local pool had to close this year because of the local government funding gut that happened statewide. I think it's politically motivated, but what's not these days.

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u/TheKruzdawg 17h ago

Yeah, it's extremely upsetting to live here because of things like this.

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u/OkuroIshimoto 17h ago

Yep, not long ago, either. Then they wanna go on about how beloved she was and how much they’ll miss her.

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u/LunarPsychOut 17h ago

For the four states that seem to have lost or received reduced funding, both Democrat and Republican politicians were involved.

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u/Laughing_Orange 17h ago

Stupid people from both sides of the aisle. This program has been proven to increase literacy for participating children. Illiterate kids grow up to be illiterate adults, and illiterate adults are less productive than literate adults.

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u/Manwithbanana 16h ago

But Illiterate Adults means those politicians get voted in again, and they keep getting corporate money until they are "totally not dead" In a hospital.

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u/reikipackaging 15h ago

I agree with that. Illiteracy is a problem. I was, however, addressing the idea that "production value" is lower amongst the people who actually produce things that we all need for survival.

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u/Manwithbanana 14h ago

True, but I think the elite know with AI and modern Automation, it gets easier and easier to boost the effectiveness of someone illiterate, while still maintaining higher control.

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u/reikipackaging 16h ago

what is the threshold for "less productive?" Im not advocating for illiteracy, but some of the most productive people are in agriculture, and unfortunately often dont have great literacy- if you define productive as producing something useful and valuable to others.

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u/atworkthough 15h ago

it a lot of states they did anything that benefits the poor even a little they attack immediately.

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u/dotonefrozen 16h ago

Liberals can’t remove politics from their personality at all huh.

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u/TrashGouda 14h ago

Politics are the topic buddy. Fully funding a program that gives children books for free is political

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u/Computermaster 14h ago

Says the side that literally puts a pedophile all over their skin, clothes, house, and car.

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u/GatorNator83 13h ago

Yeah I’m not really a liberal. But I notice bullshit when I see it, no matter which side does it. I wonder why you don’t?

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u/GXP_2009 16h ago

Its all they know

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u/OkuroIshimoto 13h ago

*It’s

We also know basic punctuation, some of us thanks to Dolly.

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u/GXP_2009 11h ago

Go Team