These politicians from Alabama and Tennessee lecturing California on its policies should remember how much federal aid goes to support their states each year. California provides far more than it ever gets. They need to sit down.
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We only get about $0.65 for $1 we put in to the federal government. Kentucky receives around $2 for every $1 they put in. Tennessee receives around $4 for every $1. Makes you pounder if it makes sense to continue be part of the United States.
Underlying message: The folks in red states are so poor (and useless) they need the successful blue states to fund their recoveries AND they KNOW it. Blue states deserve to have their money returned but the red states want the money for their own broken states. That's their game.
Remember when he tossed paper towels in Puerto Rico? How can we expect any different for Blue States. We need to wake up. These people want us to suffer and obey.
In this day and age where Presidents want to buy Greenland and take Panama, it’s no longer far fetched to think of names like ‘Calinada’, or ‘Canafornia’.
We in New York had the southern red states try to keep federal funding from us when Sandy came through! GOP should be the Hypocritical Authoritarian Party HAP
People wonder why in dozens of scripts about apocalyptic events, or radical governments, California is ALWAYS a free-zone utopia separate from what WAS the un-united states 🤔
The red states really do think they pull their own weight, instead they should be voting to rid themselves of the welfare state government that is keeping them poor.
The red states are the dumb fuck states and it’s not just because the blue state spend more on education, it’s because people in the Bible belt for instance dumber than dirt.
Gerrymandering at its finest here in Tennessee.
There are a lot of blue voters, but they split us up to weaken our voting power.
Republicans in Tennessee suck, they know it, and they don't care.
🤦♀️
Although other types of disenfranchisement exist, gerrymandering itself does not affect the presidential election. The average Tennessee citizen is pretty upfront about what they want.
The electoral college is broken and doesn't represent all of us 💙 here in Tennessee.
All of my Tennessee friends on here vote blue, and we're upfront about what we want.
I don't think people can comprehend what having the fifth largest economy in the world is like for a state. 11 million was taken out of a cities firefighter budget lol
Buddy California's pay 1.7 mill for a bathroom in San Francisco. The crumbs of California can pay for the education of a state.
I agree and I’m from TN. Our governor just cut taxes to businesses. Meanwhile, in Nashville, we had to vote for our own tax increase so we could have sidewalks and streetlights.
So next time one of their towns gets torn up by a tornado and they stick their hand out for assistance, all we have to do is tell them well "you know certain conditions have to be met first.
First of all you need to admit that your felon hero lost the 20/20 election fair and square." For a starter
I have seen it on the daily show this morning. When something happens in a republic state then the dems will help and don't use politics but when it happens in a dem state the its the fault of the dems.
How about this in order to encourage freeloaders to be more productive: no state gets more in federal spending than they pay in federal taxes? Seems only fair. And we don't want anyone to get dependent on government payouts.
I think there are Canadians that would be happy if California along with other blue states bordering us wanted to join our union. We'd like more help in staving off a right wing populists trumpian attempt to ruin our country.
I also kinda think some of the commenters here need to sit down. Name calling, threats, and meanness is one reason we can't come together as a country. I get it. Tuberville and others suck. I agree. But can we have civil discourse without name calling, assholes?
Alabama and Tennessee should shut the fuck up. They are part of the collective known as “The Loser States”.
They are losers for much more than being on the bottom of education accomplishments. They are losers for how they treat people. They are losers for being followers, not leaders. They suck.
They’d have to be (1 smart and 2) not hateful AF. They’re neither, so the hate and ignorance, along with the real human cost of it all, will continue 🫤
without california and new york, the right wing either drowns in hurricanes, or is blown away by tornados. those who would politicize disasters are not americans. we are all in this together when these sorts of things strike. only turn coats seeking americas destruction would disagree.
Do they ever. Red states have no business lecturing the governor of the world's 5th largest economy on how to run his state, considering what their state's look like.
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Let’s see about the west coast states considering an agreement with, oh I don’t know….Canada! Add in the blue northeastern states and Minnesota, would have a pretty awesome country!
Mexico plus Canada plus Washington, Oregon, and California = The Pacific Union. Free trade with Asia. They would clean up. First act? Mass deportation of all right-wing extremist radicals.
I say, if these idiots refuse to give aid to blue states, we don't send federal tax money and keep it to take care of ourselves. Good luck red states, i hope you have a backup plan to keep yourselves running🤣
Republican attitudes toward disaster aid are positively Orwellian “All states are equal when it comes to disaster aid, some states are more equal than others”
If they try to withhold money then California should stop paying into their federal taxes… seems like a breach of trust and breach of contract on what we are supposed to receive for paying into this program. See how long these red states can function without our money
I’ve lost all compassion at this point, and if this happens I hope the Dems do it right back. Your state’s schools will need to maintain a passing average test scores to receive any aid.
Damn straight. Someone posted a meme about California being like the college roommate that pays for everything and then when the other roommate, the mooch, says something it’s always a complaint.
Yeah, but California only has to provide two senators, the same as Alabama and Tennessee; that's a much larger percentage of their population that those red states must place in Washington!
So, if we are gonna get taxation without representation in the next four years, should we stop sending money to Washington? The rich are gonna get a tax cut, shouldn't we get to keep the money intended for them and not for Californians?
Tennessee should remember Gatlinburg when fire on the mountain destroyed towns and countless acres of land. The wind was also pushing the destruction. Maybe the Tennessee government did not do enough to help!
Exactly! Every year there are hurricanes and tornadoes. So they all need to move or pay higher insurance rates to reflect their decisions! I am tired of paying it in my insurance.
Alabama here - I am disgusted at the talk of withholding aid. Never has a president said this about any natural disaster.
This is so fucking gross.
I'm livid.
And fuck AL repub garbage politicians - human trash!
I was called a racist today because I said a dem prez should do what trump is. Do it!
It would be very helpful if someone would do a chart of how much states CONTRIBUTE and how much they TAKE. Remember that "red" states, because they are usually more poorly-run, require massive infusions of federal dollars to help them mismanage their terrible policies.
It's been a many-year failure of the news media frankly, who never put things in proper context, unless it has to do with some Democratic president's age. (Sorry I guess I'm still smarting from how they treated him.)
Canada knows over 14% of the U.S. GDP comes from California, the highest GDP of any state. Much of the federal revenue comes from 3 states: California, Texas, and New York. Canada would welcome California & New York as provinces; Texas can stay in 1919 while it strips women of their rights.
As someone from TN, I'm still trying to figure out wtf they do with the money considering the department of health and human services is getting sued by Tennessee residents
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There are a lot of blue voters, but they split us up to weaken our voting power.
Republicans in Tennessee suck, they know it, and they don't care.
🤦♀️
All of my Tennessee friends on here vote blue, and we're upfront about what we want.
More people in LA County than either of their dumbass states.
Buddy California's pay 1.7 mill for a bathroom in San Francisco. The crumbs of California can pay for the education of a state.
That 11 million was a bookkeeping thing not paying attention to the whole picture.
First of all you need to admit that your felon hero lost the 20/20 election fair and square." For a starter
https://youtu.be/e2LFwMKbr5c?si=uI1oOAfG5ZmW0LbH
https://chng.it/QctSsmLtZd
(Of course, we CLEARLY need to go lower.)
https://bsky.app/profile/pkrugman.bsky.social/post/3lfmof2nc3s2u
They are losers for much more than being on the bottom of education accomplishments. They are losers for how they treat people. They are losers for being followers, not leaders. They suck.
Goose meet gander MF's
Sincerely,
A blue Tennessee voter
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@ us if anybody finds a way for blue metros to keep money out of MAGAt hands.
It needs a name though.
#scottishindependence
Good luck mouth breathers.
Hey cousin fucker states, if were true to your word you wouldn't take a dime.
Let’s play a game of chicken.
I’m quite sure California will win.
They should be kissing our ring.
They should
STFD and STFU
California would continue to thrive as the world’s 4th largest economy.
This is so fucking gross.
I'm livid.
And fuck AL repub garbage politicians - human trash!
I was called a racist today because I said a dem prez should do what trump is. Do it!
Also Alabama:
https://www.wsfa.com/2024/11/26/alabama-counties-declared-natural-disaster-areas-due-drought/?outputType=amp
Although it could take a considerable amount of time what with their ranch sauce intake.
Let's see how these red states and the federal government fare without those damn liberals.