dealing with this shit. We haven't learned a thing. Or grown an inch.
Unbelievable.
It's damned embarrassing.
I think some Democrat in that state, if there are any left in the state legislature, should get loud and noisy and talk up a possible bill allowing Indiana taxpayers to deduct a certain percent if they're from the LGBT community, or the African American community, or the Latino community. After all, all of EVERYBODY's tax money, and the local fees too, cover things like keeping the roads passable and potholes to a minimum, keep the grid going, the water works and everything else that supports the entire community - residential/commercial/industrial - humming along. Our tax money funds first responders and teachers and what public schools the GOP hasn't been able to get rid of - across the country.
What if we taxpayers - those in Indiana and us nationally (my federal taxes contribute to stuff in EVERY state) - started making some noise about deducting a percentage of what the state of Indiana would derive from various federal programs and grants? Why should I have to help pay for that discriminatory shit? For example, I'm in California but I pay state AND federal income taxes. A small percentage of that goes toward programs benefiting the other 49 states as well as mine. So that includes Indiana. What if I were to say I don't want to pay for Indiana anymore, because of this shit? Granted it'd be almost impossible to do. But what if we started making noise about it? Started a movement? Or a drumbeat? What if we start talking about it and the idea spreads? And suddenly a lot of people are mumbling about it?
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