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Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, would all go bankrupt if they couldn't receive federal funds that other states paid for. The wealthiest states are Democratic, at the moment. The wealthiest states pay the most for funding the poorest states, which are Republican, at the moment.
It'd be awesome if states like New York and Connecticut could reduce their tax burden to the federal government. But, regardless of politics, Kentucky is a beautiful state and I'd hate to see it fail completely.
Then why are people from those wealthy states moving out in droves? California hardly has any middle class anymore, either upper to rich or barely making it by.
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POTUS makes regular threats about defunding institutions and policies he doesn't like. But the threats are all hollow. Yes, he's had some success of pulling money from multinational institutions. But domestically, not really. The threat to pull money should be seen as a cheap, toothless threat, that Trump uses to scare his political enemies. But once you understand that this is just stupid, useless, political stunt, you can see that the man has no interest whatsoever in governing, but only in grandstanding, it's a lot easier to see why the only ones who approve of the way he is leading the country, are those who place appearance above substance -- to our nation's chagrin.
Here is a cheat sheet of what he has done or threatened, and like I say, inside the U.S. it's mostly just talk. And there are probably more empty threats than I couldn't think of off the top of my head. The man is a friggin' bully, pure and simple.
Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, would all go bankrupt if they couldn't receive federal funds that other states paid for. The wealthiest states are Democratic, at the moment. The wealthiest states pay the most for funding the poorest states, which are Republican, at the moment.
It'd be awesome if states like New York and Connecticut could reduce their tax burden to the federal government. But, regardless of politics, Kentucky is a beautiful state and I'd hate to see it fail completely.
And? Put the money back into the hands of the voters. Let them sort it out locally.
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