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Oklahoma Town Faces 75% Property Tax Hike To Cover Sexual Abuse Settlement (www.newsweek.com)

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Boo fucking hoo.

The citizens voted for an abuse-enabling school board that hired the abuse-enabling administration, so they deserve what they get.

Don't like it? Fucking vet your political representatives better!

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

New York's 3rd is one of the nation's most wealthy and educated districts. They elected George Santos.

It could happen to you.

How could you vet that your representative without any history of doing so would commit or allow sexual abuse?

[–] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

It's never guaranteed, admittedly. But given which party people in rural Oklahoma, of all places, likely support, and given that party's pervasive, to the last man support for pedophiles, I think there are some pretty fucking obvious changes they could make to start off with. Don't you agree?

Edit: and if you don't believe me about the "pervasive, to the last man support for pedophiles" part, Ted Cruz just confirmed it. Holy fucking shit.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

I would have my town buy >$1M of liability insurance. Then the insurance company has a financial incentive to prevent malfeasance with audits and safety requirements. The incidents would be less frequent, and their cost more spread out over time. The average New Yorker didn't even notice the difference in taxes.