The Trump administration is preparing to cancel a large swath of federal funding for California, an effort that could begin as soon as Friday, according to multiple sources.

Agencies are being told to start identifying grants the administration can withhold from California. Sources said the administration is specifically considering a full termination of federal grant funding for the University of California and California State University systems.

Singling out one state for massive cuts would be an unusual move, but Donald Trump has long made Democratic-led California a target.

  • Eddbopkins@lemmy.world
    471·
    7 hours ago

    if state funding is being canceled, that state should leave the union. why be apart of the united states government if trump is dismantling and destroying the united states government.

    • postmateDumbass@lemmy.world
      275·
      6 hours ago

      The American thing to do is fight for America.

      The people who want California to just leave are the ones who want to dismantle the country.

      • ayyy@sh.itjust.works
        241·
        2 hours ago

        I’m Californian. The federal government, for my entire life, has just taken and taken and taken from me. I have received nothing in return. I don’t need your shitty union of thugs and mouth breathers, and I don’t need your bullshit military colonizing waste of time and money.

        • Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world
          51·
          3 hours ago

          Well you probably don’t realize the things the federal government does give cali. Interstate highways are one. Coast guard. Bridges. And clearly funding to the universities. Now the balance is lopsided, in that cali gives more back. But that doesn’t mean cali would have given you those same things.
          That said… determining if CA would be better with our without the feds is a complicated question. For one, they would probably need to fund thier own military, as they would be a ripe target given thier economic prosperity.

          • ayyy@sh.itjust.works
            12·
            3 hours ago

            We pay more into those federal programs than they spend back on us. If we just kept the taxes locally, while maintaining funding for all those programs, we would come out ahead by a factor of nearly 2:1.

            As for military spending, there is a lot of savings to be had by not fighting endless bullshit Christian jihads.

      • valkyrieangela@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        15·
        4 hours ago

        Correct. But what you may have implied and got wrong is that this is somehow a bad idea. America is long overdue for a federal collapse. This cultural infighting is unsustainable.

        As a new Yorker I am sick of having my tax dollars go to subsidize hicks in the deep south and Midwest that ultimately vote against my rights. I am more than happy to see the bridges that unite us burn because the concept of “unity” in a melting pot is a ticking time bomb, as it always has been.

      • Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world
        4·
        3 hours ago

        I think it maybe time to change the dynamic of the USA. Maybe instead of 2 levels, maybe three. Federal, regional, and state. Where the federal hands over some powers to the regional government. I am not sure how that could happen, but it might be a good direction.

        • SabinStargem@lemmy.todayEnglish
          2·
          2 hours ago

          I personally think that there should be three presidents, each overseeing a major chunk of America - West, Center, and East. This would help divide up the power of the executive branch, as the Judicial and Congressional branches would remain a global aspect of the nation. Unitary executive theory would be dead, since there can be no unitary, IMO.

          Plus, we can have three separate elections - someone who ran to be elected in Centre America can’t run for the other two regions. This would allow us to have a lot more candidates, all of them quite focused on what they offer the region they decided to run for. Right now, a president has to appeal to ALL of America, which means not many people will actually be happy.

      • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
        52·
        3 hours ago

        I don’t want what’s best for America. I want what’s best for California. It’s in a bad relationship and is always the provider and the victim.

        Without liberty and justice for all, there can BE no one nation indivisible.

      • KingPorkChop@lemmy.caEnglish
        164·
        5 hours ago

        The people who want California to just leave are the ones who want to dismantle the country.

        This Canadian is fine with it at this point. Fuck the USA. We’ve been your friend forever and you shit on us.

        Burn baby burn.