Sheril Kirshenbaum“Blue” states are dotted with “red” & “red” states are speckled with “blue.”
Can we please stop framing federal cuts in terms of whether blue or red states will suffer most?
Dismantling education, science & more will hurt all Americans. #uspol
MollyNYCYou’re right.
Instead, we F over red states like this:
On a state level, blue-state governors & legislatures do the progressive stuff that we can’t do now on a federal level.
Repubs kill biomedical research, weather service, etc?
→ Blue state universities pick up the slack.
Repubs axe Medicare?
→ Dems make blue-state-only single-payer system.
Trump screws vets?
→ Blue states invite them in [1].
Etc.
This’ll require higher state taxes [2].
I’m okay with that.
[2] In any case, who wants #Musk helping himself to their federal tax $$$? Also, #Trump clearly intends to screw blue states on federal funds—originally funded by blue state taxes.
So Blue states should figure out how to keep federal taxes paid by their residents IN their states—maybe state-controlled escrow accounts. State takes its due (including $$$ for the aforementioned research, healthcare, state FEMA, etc), and sends the balance to DC…a year later.