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I know this goes without saying, and applies to many Trump actions, but people will die because of this.
People will die.
People would also die if he left things as they are, since he's systematically dismantling the federal government.
Okay, then can we stop paying taxes in California? We send far, far, FAR more money to the Feds than we receive. We're paying for all kinds of other states. So if we're footing the bill for things like disasters, why the fuck are we still paying the Feds?
Bingo.
The dipshit can send troops to attack California if we stop. See how Americans like a president who wages war on our own country. Especially since 1 in 8 Americans IS Californian.
We've got plenty of our own money. We don't need the feds. Especially if we stop giving so much to red welfare states.
California is net neutral. Whether it's a giver or taker state depends on the year and the exact criteria used, but it's never very far from even.
That said, sister relief is an area that California gets the shaft.
Can't seem to find a single year where California received more than it paid. Do you have a source proving your claim?
Ok
So, when do states stop sending federal taxes to the federal government then?
Time to find out how fiscal conservatism handles multiple billion dollar disasters in a year without a willingness to fund for them. Guarantee rich white people will get priority disaster recovery and everyone else gets the Superdome treatment.
I'm skeptical that this is a good idea. Disasters happen infrequently. If you have one federal agency, you can move it around to deal with whatever is at issue. If you do it at state level, you need to replicate that so that any given state can have emergency management capability. That's probably wasteful, because you don't expect to have a concurrent emergency in all 50 states.
States can cooperate to share infrastructure directly.