most blue states send more than they receive; all they have to do is stop sending money back to the federal government and red states would go broke.
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altima_neo@lemmy.zip 1 year agoThey would if they also didn’t rely so much on federal funding
cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 1 year ago
The states never see that money though. It’s directly from blue state workers’ paychecks and never passes through state owned bank accounts.
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
That can change pretty quickly.
Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 1 year ago
You’re going to have to explain how that can change. And how it could be done quickly. Because I’ll tell you neither of those are remotely true.
ubergeek@lemmy.today 1 year ago
NYS pays more in federal taxes than we get in Federal dollars.
I think we’ll be ok.