The cuts to several states come amid an escalating fraud fallout fueled by a dubious YouTube investigation of Minnesota day cares.
The Trump administration on Monday said it had slashed billions in social services funds to a handful of blue states as part of its escalating response to new and unproven fraud allegations in Minnesota.
The Department of Health and Human Services will freeze $10 billion worth of federal grants to California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, and New York, an HHS official told HuffPost, confirming news first reported by The New York Post.
It’s not clear whether the freeze was inspired by specific fraud allegations or solely for political reasons. Officials did not immediately provide a public explanation.
Why would blue states still pay into the federal government when they’re not getting anything out of it anymore? Seems to me they’re financing their own abusive relationship. I don’t understand how this works. Aren’t blue states the only reason these crappy red states are even still slightly functional?
I’m not American but it seems to me that collectively the blue states would hold a lot of power if they’re the financial backbone of the country. Can’t they swing their weight around a little?
You would think. Our stupid country has senators based on statehood rather than representation of population. The pocket of Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana has ~3.5 million people combined, yet has 4x the voting power of California which has 10x the population. It’s a garbage system.
Also if you look at virtually any statistic by state. Red states are a dumpster fire. Literacy, STDs, teen pregnancy, income, obesity, etc.
Only a complete fucking moron could be a republican. The evidence of their failure and unnecessary cruelty is overwhelming.
Taxes levied by the US federal government are against individuals and businesses directly. States also levy their own taxes independently. So these funds paid to the federal government (largely) don’t go through state hands.
They could withhold taxes on state employees. That would be easy. If they wanted to go full second civil war, They could pass laws making it illegal for companies to pay taxes to the federal government.
Ah I see. Then it makes sense. The population itself would have to stop paying taxes. That’s a bit more complicated because then individuals would be sanctioned by the government and people probably don’t want to take that risk.
Even MAGAs are so upset with this regime that they are proposing a tax strike. This seems like a cause everyone could support.
I was kinda anti tax evasion (even legal tax evasion) prior to the second Trump admin. Nowadays, I’m in support of everyone doing their best to send as little money to the federal government as possible.
FYI “legal tax evasion” is called tax avoidance. It’s a form of direct action against a government that doesn’t represent you at all.
I’m happy to pay my California taxes.
Same