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Questions and an idea for my #USAnian friends...
Your ~~feral~~ federal government is currently being commandeered by an executive that believes that it can rewrite the U.S. constitution via executive orders. One of the primary techniques they are using is usurping the congress's "power of the purse", by either refusing to spend congressionally-allocated funds, or by spending those funds on things other than congress allocated them for.
If the executive branch thinks it's fine to ignore your constitution and screw taxpayers with tax dollars, then...
1) Most of the feds' tax income comes from income tax and various #employment taxes.
2) Employers collect these taxes and remit them to the government.
3) Q: exactly *who* do they remit them to? Based on history, I would think this would be a state agency, who would keep the state/municipal portion and remit the rest to the federal government. Is this correct?
4) "Blue" states are, in general, net payers of tax dollars vs. federal services received.
5) "Red" states are, in general, the opposite - they receive more in federal services / support than they remit in taxes.
So, depending on the answer to (3), my #idea is: why don't blue states stop remitting funds to the federal #government? Don't steal it, just hold it in trust until the feds can be made to follow the law correctly.
I would think this would hurt the feds, a *lot*.
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“The only way fascism works, the only way authoritarianism works, is if the country is in chaos and mis-educated. So year after year, attacks on public education were not by accident. They were by design, they were strategic.”
~ Jamaal Bowman
Returning control of education to the states will assure poorer education, and also religious intrusion in the educational process.
#Trump #DepartmentofEducation #education #Project2025 #race #income #disability
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https://zeteo.com/p/deportations-and-dumbing-down-trump-attacks-education
Zeteo · Deportations and Dumbing Down: Trump Attacks Education
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"The politics of shutting down the Department of Education is another massive leak in his boat."
~ Dan Pfeiffer
#Trump #DepartmentofEducation #education #Project2025 #race #income #disability
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https://www.messageboxnews.com/p/trumps-politically-insane-decision
The Message Box · Trump's Politically Insane Decision to Shut Down the Dept. of Education
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"The bulk of the education department’s budget is made up of federal grant and loan programs, including the $18.4bn Title I program that provides funding to low-income K-12 schools and the $15.5bn Idea program that helps cover the education costs for students with disabilities."
~ Jem Bartholomew
#Trump #DepartmentofEducation #education #Project2025 #race #income #disability
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The Guardian · First Thing: Trump signs order to dismantle Department of Education
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"In Trump’s America, quality education will be the prerogative of people who are wealthy, people who are white, people who are neurotypical. If your kid needs service for English as a second language or special education, you’re going to be out of luck if the administration gets its way."
The word "federal" linked to "education" has stuck in the craw of Trump's white Southern base since the integration period.
#Trump #DepartmentofEducation #education #Project2025 #race #class #income
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If it’s a good script I’ll do it. And if it’s a bad script, and they pay me enough, I’ll do it.
George Burns (1896-1996) American comedian
Interview (1988-11-02), “Gracie Allen Still Steals the Show,” by Mervyn Rothstein, New York Times
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WIST Quotations · Interview (1988-11-02), "Gracie Allen Still Steals the Show," by Mervyn Rothstein, New York Times - Burns, George | WIST QuotationsIf it's a good script I'll do it. And if it's a bad script, and they pay me enough, I'll do it. Most often cited from its reprint in the Paris International Herald Tribune (1988-11-09); at this time, the New York Times was part owner of the IHT (with the…
No one should have to #work in pain or sacrifice their #income to care for their #health.
#Reproductive leave would allow #workers to care for their health without #financial stress or fear of #discrimination.
Let’s create fairer #workplaces for all workers. Sign the #petition to call on 10 days of reproductive leave today!
https://www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/reproductive-leave-for-every-worker
DOGE targets child support database full of income data — https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/03/06/doge-hhs-ssa-data/
#HackerNews #DOGE #childsupport #database #income #data #privacy #cryptocurrency
The Washington Post · DOGE targets child support database full of income data
> Canadian leisure travel to U.S. down 40% in February, Flight Centre says.
That is a *lot* of Canadian money not going into Florida, Arizona, Texas (and other places) as usual. Like, a lot a lot.
That much of a drop in tourism income is undoubtedly killing jobs in those very MAGA states.
So, #Floridians, #Arizonans ... contact your congresscritter, contact your senator. Yell at them to stop the BS your president is stirring up. You're the ones who can stop this.
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February is a short month so it's extra hard to hit that target, it's very unlikely I'll pull in what's needed within the next four days.
March is usually better.
#Medicaid, the popular #publichealth care program for #low #income #Americans, covers nearly half of all #births in America. Almost half of the nation’s children are also enrolled in the program. But #Republicans who control #Congress are reportedly weighing cuts to the program that would help pay for President #DonaldTrump #tax policy, which is expected to include permanent tax breaks for #wealthy Americans. https://19thnews.org/2025/02/medicaid-insurance-benefits-mothers-caregivers-children/ #insurance
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