I think red state people are starting to realize the hard way that they’re more dependent on federal funding than they thought (and more dependent than blue states, ironically). My MAGA relatives / hometown people are talking a lot about Vance being better than Trump now.
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Peter Sterne
At this point, I think every institution just has to assume that they're not going to get federal funding or at least come up with a contingency plan in the event their federal funding is eliminated.
Cities, states, universities, nonprofits...you just cannot rely on getting money from the feds now.
Cities, states, universities, nonprofits...you just cannot rely on getting money from the feds now.
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Red State GDP 2024: $15 trillion
Blue State GDP 2024: $13.7 trillion
They make more money but where does that money go? Many don't collect state taxes, and have high economic inequality. Most blue states do collect state income taxes & have good healthcare.
But I am glad they're noticing.
But he has no charisma, so that's better.
Not sure that would really be the case from our perspective, but the whiplash effect would certainly diminish.
He's purposely kept silent and away from anything.
The real question here in the real world is whether Vance is even more dangerous than the Trumpster. Possible.
The former is younger and smarter than the latter, after all. (That is not a compliment to either of those evil clowns, btw.)
This is like arguing who was "better" among Hitler, Goering and Himmler
Vance is at fault for dead Ukrainians now. Vance is a thug who should have no power
Both are bad.
So many gluttonous leopards, so full of faces.