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Cannonpointer » 29 Jan 2025, 7:24 pm » wrote: ↑

29 Jan 2025, 7:24 pm

I am not a tampon tim fan, but I am not a big government guy, either. And seizing allocated state funds is classic big government.

It is bad enough that federal funds all originate witht he states, but only find their way BACK to the states with strings attached. To withhold them from the states altogether - and without lessening any of the already considerable burdens the states face, often mandated by activist federal courts, is the opposite of respecting democratic institutions. 

The closer to the people power is expressed, the more democratic that expression of power. The expression f power by the federal government is the very farthest - and therefore the least democratic - expression of power within the US. And make no mistake: dollars are power. Taking them away is taking away power. From the states and the people. 

I do not believe that Trump has the authority to freeze funds allocated by Congress back to the states, and I believe he will lose on this issue in court. 

Now, that's a first-blush take, based on your broad-strokes broadside. I've not heard about this until your OP. But it is a principle-based take. I don't care WHO the president is, and WHICH asshole governor is crying about it, I don't think that **** is right. 

Not saying it isn't funny. Not saying I didn't get a chuckle. Just saying it ain't right.

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