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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhite House freezes funds for Democratic states in shutdown slap
By David Morgan, Bo Erickson, Nolan D. McCaskill and Richard Cowan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday froze $26 billion for Democratic-leaning states, following through on a threat to use the government shutdown to target Democratic priorities.
The targeted programs included $18 billion for transit projects in New York, home to Congress's top two Democrats, and $8 billion for green-energy projects in 16 Democratic-run states, including California and Illinois. Vice President JD Vance, meanwhile, warned that the administration might extend its purge of federal workers if the shutdown lasts more than a few days.
The moves made clear that Trump would carry out his threat to take advantage of the shutdown to punish his political opponents and extend his control over the $7 trillion federal budget, established by the U.S. Constitution as the domain of Congress.
The pressure tactics came as the 15th government shutdown since 1981 suspended scientific research, financial oversight, environmental cleanup efforts and a wide range of other activities.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/white-house-freezes-funds-democratic-193716186.html
Donny loves his little tantrums.

bucolic_frolic
(52,589 posts)LyfeTimeDem
(133 posts)Federal Taxes ....until the Freeze ends ...checkmate!
bucolic_frolic
(52,589 posts)Dave says
(5,257 posts)There is no easy way to do that.
LyfeTimeDem
(133 posts)choie
(6,172 posts)But unfortunately, most people have their taxes paid through their payroll.
ananda
(33,454 posts)...
tritsofme
(19,551 posts)If even a state managed to steal tax dollars intended for the federal government, those individuals and businesses would still owe what they owe, only now plus interest and penalties.
LyfeTimeDem
(133 posts)Withholding funds from Blue States
Okay whats your plan?
tritsofme
(19,551 posts)They cant just steal federal tax dollars from individuals and businesses.
I think Democrats are using the tools we have the best we can right now.
LyfeTimeDem
(133 posts)even now......as if they should be able to walk on water and perform miracles.....some who said "Kamala Harris was just not a good enough candidate"
And here we are
Mariana
(15,603 posts)If you have a job, you could change your W-4 so no Federal Income Tax is withheld, but they're still going to take out the FICA tax.
pat_k
(11,972 posts)He is destroying the nation with his wildly illegal firings and refusal to release funds appropriated by congress, Shutdown or not.
Democrats must continue to refuse to be ACCOMPLICES in the continued destruction.
This is about a LOT MORE than Health Care Affordability.
It is about exposing how utterly lawless this regime is.
in2herbs
(3,941 posts)utterly lawless this regime is."
IMO you are right, but IMO you are wrong in thinking that R voters can comprehend more than one topic at a time. For the time being stick to health care affordability. R voters will understand this because it affects them financially. 2027 will be the right time for Ds to speak on more than one topic.
It's called dumbing down to the lowest common denominator.
B.See
(6,828 posts)... as it were.
pat_k
(11,972 posts)... unhinged Christian Nationalists and thieves.
Ultimately, it is all about the looting.
As Oliver Kornetzke points out in this article,
...Trump, a failed businessman and serial conman, didnt stumble into power because he had a vision. He stumbled into it like a raccoon into a jewelry store: overwhelmed, opportunistic, and desperate to grab everything shiny before the lights come on. He brought with him a gang of similarly hollow, self-serving goonsparasites in flag pinswho recognized that brute force and spectacle could serve as a perfect cover for mass-scale corruption. All they needed was enough boots, enough masks, and enough Americans too scared or too exhausted to resist.
Thats what ICE is nowa terror squad designed not just to punish the other, but to frighten the rest into submission. They dont need to knock on your door. They just need you to see what happens when they knock on hers. They want you disoriented, enraged, heartbroken, and above allsilent.
And they are, of course, going further with their threats of "unleashing" active-duty American service men and women against Americans who object to the 47 regime's wildly unconstitutional acts and mass corruption and looting of our treasury.
Place no faith in what these fascists won't do, can't do, and won't TRY to do.
yellow dahlia
(3,245 posts)coming at us from every direction.
surfered
(9,523 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(129,278 posts)That's why he only hired yes men this go around.
Sogo
(6,653 posts)nt
Tanuki
(16,096 posts)OMGWTF
(4,912 posts)Wild wild west - I say it often.
cpamomfromtexas
(1,446 posts)RT Atlanta
(2,646 posts)is what a 'blue' state AGs should be doing....
Sogo
(6,653 posts)
RT Atlanta
(2,646 posts)available as an equitable remedy from courts in 'emergency situations' - usually when there is an immediate threat of injury if the action continues. E.g., without the funds available to the states, there are immediate damages of XYZ, etc.
Initech
(106,446 posts)
ecstatic
(34,948 posts)We're all connected. How does he not see that?
yellow dahlia
(3,245 posts)Oh and blue states contribute more to the federal coffers...but take out less.
Dave Bowman
(5,943 posts)