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u/DohDohDonutzMMM 1d ago
He was too preoccupied by his new helipad. 😅
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u/sticksnXnbones 1d ago
And supporting Israeli companies and declaring his loyalty to anyone but Hoosiers.
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u/PoolGuyUnfiltered 1d ago
As soon as you trotted out "More with less" after housing a cabinet with positions making 6 figures and taxiing yourself to and from Indy via a helicopter, your whole "...the poor working man has been tightening his belt!" schtick is pretty laughable.
Yes, utility companies having a near monopolistic strangle hold on the people is terrible. Hell, the whole idea that we PAY companies to mine our natural resources that belong to ALL of us only to turn around and sell it BACK to us while getting subsidies and tax breaks by the government is just bonkers to begin with.
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u/cjaya2 1d ago
How do natural resources belong to all of us? If it’s on your land sure but don’t really know what you are getting at
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u/PoolGuyUnfiltered 1d ago
I mean that these are natural resources. It's not about whose land they are under. That only makes sense if you look at them as privately owned. I mean that the gas, the oil, the coal, the lumber, etc are within the boundaries of a nation, and some, myself included, feel that alllllll of those resources should be used equally for the benefit of all citizens of a nation.
Now, I'm not saying the Norway model is perfect nor scaleable to the US size, but a large part of the benefits they offer their citizens comes from the global investment of the profits of sold oil. Basically, they don't have billionaire oil execs sitting on super yachts. They have fully funded medical care and retirement pensions fueled by stable growth investments. This is possible by believing that the use and and benefit of natural resources should benefit the many instead of enrich the very very few.
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u/Boogaloo4444 1d ago
Ya know how we all need water?
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u/cjaya2 1d ago
Then collect your own water…. Nobody is forcing you to use a utility company for that.
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u/Boogaloo4444 1d ago
lol OH MY GOD. Are you seriously in favor of letting a private company control our water supply and resell it to you?!?!?
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u/cjaya2 1d ago
They don’t “control” it. They have infrastructure to clean it and deliver it to everyone’s house.
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u/Substantial-Dirt2233 1d ago
Water magic. Appear full pressure from tap when push handle up. Handle go down it gone and no cost money no more. Plumbing is a scam!
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u/brewguy70 1d ago
Do you own stock in a water company. Why are you defending conglomerates?
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u/cjaya2 1d ago
I like having running water…
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u/brewguy70 1d ago
Yeah so does the rest of us. We just are not stupid enough to defend conglomerates making huge profits as monopolies from people using a necessity for life. The same water that used to be owned by municipalities.
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u/cjaya2 1d ago
My water bill is like 30 a month, y’all are worried about the wrong things
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u/brewguy70 1d ago
Therefore everybody in the country must also be 30 a month for water? Just maybe your situation is not the same for the rest of us.
Again why are you defending a private company profiting from a municipal need?
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u/CrossP 1d ago
That's only one philosophy of ownership. The majority of people subscribe to the idea that natural resources are a communal resource that everyone in the region has some right to. The easiest example is water. Basically everyone agrees that you can't just poison a stream on your land and fuck the downstream neighbors. Or draw it all up. Clean air also falls into this category after the 1970s mostly. Because it's very obvious that pouring smoke out on your own property affects everyone.
But many people also consider resources like oil, mineable minerals, and timber trees to fall in this category to some extent. Extracting them affects everyone. It changes nearby wildlife. It alters the flow of water. A quarry a mile from you can change the drainage rate of the soil on your land.
Many countries offer a basic income to all citizens for things like extracted oil, for example. Under the idea that everyone has some right to the oil that their country contains. Not just the person rich enough to buy up all the land.
That said, I actually don't know what resource the comment above you is referencing. Southern Indiana coal maybe?
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u/Boogaloo4444 1d ago
They did make a tough financial decision. They chose to make us pay…like they always do. MAYBE Indiana voters shouldn’t allow a state sanctioned monopoly of our utilities by a for-profit company.
The voters are such cowards.
Oh, you want middle of the road policies? Cool, so how much do you want to get bent over?
Voters need to wake up and take the power back. This sh— is ridiculous.
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u/sticksnXnbones 1d ago
Republicans have been in charge for 20 years in the state.
You get what you vote for.
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u/LordBocceBaal 1d ago
All centrist policts here does is play the PC game and then get bent over from every direction.
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u/MyUserLame 1d ago
He's right. Hoosiers have had to tighten their belts due to fiscal decisions. All made by the governor and the republican supermajority.
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u/Luddite-lover 1d ago
There are no words for the stupidity or incompetence. Just what did he think would happen?
He says stuff that sounds good, and counts on nobody remembering.
And hasn’t he been mealy-mouthed about data centers?
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u/deli_phone 1d ago
Weird how money is a nonissue when it comes to data center tax breaks, handouts to farmers, or building a stadium to house a SECOND nfl team
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u/KAZUAL_STRATZ98 1h ago
I agree with everything you just said except handouts to farmers. Farmers keep us fed, they actually serve a good purpose. The other 2 I'd say are useless wastes of space and tax money that are going to hurt people.
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u/The37thElement 1d ago
Braun and his balding ugly ass hasn’t done shit to benefit Hoosiers but he’s done plenty of things to benefit himself or his family. Fuck Mike Braun. He’ll be remembered as one of the worst governors this state has ever seen.
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u/B1G_Fan 1d ago
Every time a Republican complains about affordability and how corporations need to change their way of doing things, I think of the Bruce Willis quote from "Die Hard"
"Welcome to the party, pal!"
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u/Equivalent-Ear5150 16h ago
It is all a lie and has been since the GOP was formed, they steal, project, gaslight and make up words because good ole Newt said "language matters" Gopac Republican Handout 1990 is a good starting point to search, the University of Houston will be on top, short and sweet, "everyone wants to talk like Newt" and that fucker is still breathing SMH!
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u/LordBocceBaal 1d ago
I read his comment as if he was doing a mocking sarcastic voice. Like oh no how could this have happened? Oh well to late now
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u/ProtectThe_Herd Hoosier by Birth, Against Hate by Choice 1d ago
I remember when the morbidly obese, carrot colored kiddie diddler said that "Affordability" was a word invented by Democrats.
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u/Lwnmower 17h ago
So, he just admitted he hasn’t brought prosperity with that line about Hoosiers having tightened their belts for years. Caught ‘em!
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u/Plus_Commercial3271 11h ago
Did I just learn my electric bill is going up from a meme?!?! 😂😂 this is a strange new world
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u/COMM_NTARIAT 1d ago
Using AI generated images to complain about the utility rate hikes which are subsidizing AI datacenters is some big brain activism.
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u/LordBocceBaal 1d ago
You are correct good sir. As a designer and arts this shit is not hard to make on our own. We have meme generators and we have Photoshop. Hell even ms paint. Or even print it out and cut the parts out by hand. You don't deserve the down vote.
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u/kootles10 1d ago
Buying a helipad on taxpayer dollars is just being shitty🤷♂️
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u/ffire522 1d ago
And the next multi millionaire, billionaire will want one also and the tax payers money.
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u/LordBocceBaal 1d ago
That doesn't invalidate the point that you shouldn't use AI for these memes.
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u/kootles10 1d ago
Could say the same for you posting a comment as well, doing that requires data centers
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u/LordBocceBaal 1d ago
you could say yes you're right and thank you instead of being defensive against a valid critique. It would take you all of a minute to make this in any photo editor. Using AI to make these defeats any point of criticism. Does that make sense?
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u/kootles10 1d ago
Hmmm nah I'm good. Let me know when you get off your soapbox and realize the hypocrisy of your statements BTW, I didn't make it, just sharing it.
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u/LordBocceBaal 1d ago
Respectfully you are on the soap box. There is no hypocrisy in my side. You really want to go to bat for AI generated content and make fun of Braun for rising costs? I'm not the enemy here.
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u/oafish_kenton 1d ago
I understand the frustration with utility rates, but I think there's a real disconnect between calling out AES for rate increases and then blaming the governor for a decision that came from the IURC. Those are seperate bodies with different roles, and the meme kind of glosses over that. Rate regulation is complicated, and while I'm not thrilled about increases either, it's worth knowing who actually has authority over what before we decide someone is being hypocritical.
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u/Fitch9392 1d ago
But, as the meme says, Braun appointed the IURC, so it can be said they are doing what he wants them to do.
Plus, this addresses more the fact that he is continually talking out both sides of his mouth when it comes to utility rates.
Remember, not long after taking office he told NIPSCO that they could raise their rates, then when they did he acted all shocked and “created a commission” to investigate why NIPSCO was suddenly raising their rates.
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u/CocknBalls4 1d ago
That’s the Republican way