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The week's question
In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Subject: Re: New York City: -$18B due to shutdown
Date: 10/01/25 1:01 PM
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But Russ Vought just came out swinging, cancelling $18B in projects for New York City:

He's probably just getting started.

From the Google net sifter:

The U.S. federal government allocated over $1.1 trillion to state and local governments in 2023 to fund programs like Medicaid, food assistance, and transportation. These funds, which constituted about 18% of the federal budget in 2021 and are largely made up of health-related grants, help support state and local services and are often transferred through states to local entities

I remember a lot of barking about Reagan's budget cuts being largely offset, from the Prole's perspective, by state tax increases, to offset the lost Federal money.

I'm sure the regime will give us a stirring speech about "personal responsibility"

Steve...HBTT
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