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Donald Trump the Megathread part II - mod warnings in OP, Updated 06/06/25

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  • #24302
    JJayoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,865 ✭✭✭JJayoo


    Suppose Trump can blame Biden for any 'bit storm' considering he's a robot



  • #24303
    Widdensushi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,586 ✭✭✭Widdensushi


    No warning,no emergency service, no one to repair the damage? Is this what has happened?



  • #24304
    JJayoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,865 ✭✭✭JJayoo


    1000057117.png

    The Maga crowd will not wake up until it impacts them directly, so let's say when this Hurricane season ploughs into Florida and the immigrants who work in construction are no where to be found and people are waiting 6 months to have their properties fixed for twice the price, they might wake up



  • #24305
    Frank Bullitt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,106 ✭✭✭✭Frank Bullitt


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123524861#Comment_123524861

    My sympathies for these people is nonexistent. This is EXACTLY what was going to happen.

    Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Get to work lads, those cows won’t milk themselves.



  • #24306
    Manic Moran
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,959 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manic Moran


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123522257#Comment_123522257

    The short answer is "it's complicated".

    I don't believe California can arbitrarily choose to stop federal tax collection, and the Feds are limited on what pauses they can make on payments to California, at least without an act of Congress to support it. The rule is basically that the Federal Government can only withhold payments to enforce related actions. For example, road repair subsidies could be tied to the state enacting a maximum speed limit (the old federal 55mph), but the federal government cannot, for example, withhold forestry funds if California does not criminalize marijuana to match federal law. It would have to be a forest/park/wildlife related demand.

    It's probably for the best. California's budget is over a third reliant upon federal funding, and the US takes a lot of tax from California. If it were possible to do such withholdings, neither side would come out well.



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