• katy ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      5 days ago

      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.

      • Bronzebeard@lemm.ee
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        5 days ago

        The states never see that money though. It’s directly from blue state workers’ paychecks and never passes through state owned bank accounts.

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            5 days 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
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      5 days ago

      NYS pays more in federal taxes than we get in Federal dollars.

      I think we’ll be ok.