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[–] jonne@infosec.pub 1 points 6 days ago

People generally don't know or care which level of government is responsible for what, and for most issues it's a mix anyway: state governments can't run a deficit the same way a Federal government can, so they could pitch in one way or another, especially if they're almost all run by the same party until recently.