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Cake day: July 1st, 2023

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  • That’s a special earmark project, and yeah we can definitely lay the blame on Trump there.

    But there are ongoing programs in every state that could also handle this. Funding has been massively reduced this year, but the program is still active. And since it’s a ‘revolving loan fund’ that means that each state manages a pool of money they loan out for these infrastructure projects, and the interest collected helps fund more projects. The grant money the EPA sends to the states has been slashed two years in a row, meaning that we can’t send out principal forgiveness nearly as much, so localities that can’t pass the credit check won’t be able to use the program.

    So yeah, this is likely what happened to Hartman, CO. Very likely this problem could have been addressed/alleviated years ago, but the discussion of fraud is also a huge factor. So like I said, failure on multiple levels.