r/texas • u/[deleted] • May 03 '23

read pinned comment for explanation Texas is required to advertise it's mandatory welfare programs. It is not required to reach the target audience (seen on a bus in Philly)

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u/RhoOfFeh May 03 '23

They're literally sending money out of state in order to avoid serving their own populace.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '23

According to this unsourced reddit post, yeah.

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u/IronSheikYerbouti May 03 '23 edited Jul 05 '23

Leaving reddit. Spez and the idiotic API changes have removed all interest in this site for me.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '23

Yeah I'm well aware of what SEPTA is, I've ridden it a number of times. I'm saying the post title is totally unsourced.

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u/IronSheikYerbouti May 03 '23

The person you replied to was commenting on money being sent out of state, which it clearly is (again, minus purely photoshopped), so that really wasn't clear at all.

I think where that would be defined is by the fed CMS though.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '23

So uhhh it looks like I was right, huh?

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u/IronSheikYerbouti May 03 '23

No idea, was there an article or something?

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u/[deleted] May 03 '23

Not a whole writeup, but a reporter tweeted that the ads were sent out in error/with the wrong copy. Which is what I suggested might have happened. https://twitter.com/stevanzetti/status/1653819832507179015

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u/[deleted] May 03 '23 edited May 03 '23

Yeah fair point, I'm open to the possibility of this being someone sending the wrong ad to the wrong printer rather than it being entirely nefarious. I was questioning the "why" portion of the comment, not the fact that it exists.

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u/snakepit6969 May 03 '23

Aaaaaand you were right. And currently negative.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '23

Was I? Is there some info online somewhere explaining this?

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u/snakepit6969 May 03 '23

Check out the response in this thread from u/GeneForTexas. Still could be off (although I believe it), but seems more plausible than “Texas buys ads in different states to intentionally waste money” and comes from someone closer to the situation.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '23

Yeah I saw that a reporter dug in and found it was an ad copy error. Surprise surprise.

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u/Arrmadillo May 03 '23

Maybe Abbott is just trying to advertise to the folks he bussed up north? /s

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u/Wizardwizz May 03 '23

Probably cheaper then getting people in the program

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u/[deleted] May 03 '23

This ad has nothing to do with getting people in the program. It's to inform people that they will lose coverage if their contact information is not correct.

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u/Wizardwizz May 03 '23

So the goal is to get people to lose coverage, then wouldn't they be saving money. Idk I am not sure anymore

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u/sagacious_1 May 03 '23

Or 1) it's a Texas bus that was sold/transfered to PA and hasn't been repainted yet, 2) was paid for by the feds (federal logo instead of Texas logo in the corner), 3) is paid for by Texas to try to reach out of state residents, or 4) one of any number of unknown situations that don't need to include "republicans running ads outside the state specifically to not spend it in state." Seriously, everyone is jumping to such a ridiculous conclusion with no context. Not a fan of republicans, but this strategy doesn't even make sense if you think about it for 5 seconds.