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2naSalit

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1. I don't think...

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Jan 26, 2026, 05:34 PM

Jan 2026

Idaho wants them. It's the more depressed part of the state so Idaho taxes would have to make up the slack among myriad other issues Idaho can't afford. It would be like a welfare state taking in the poorest part of another state and expecting the rest of us to take care of all of them. Idaho is a welfare state, takes in more fed $$ than it produces.

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