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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf Trump can stop funding for Biden's
infrastructure act and IRA. Doesn't that also mean he could punish Blue states and spend the money only in Red states.
LiberalArkie
(16,999 posts)Maru Kitteh
(29,449 posts)Klarkashton
(2,669 posts)There are a lot of people that were working on those projects.
This is horrible.
Scrivener7
(53,683 posts)who live in apartments big time.
stillcool
(32,966 posts)the 'united' states will look a lot different.
doc03
(37,252 posts)can be done by EO. Back when Obama was president EO were unconstitutional.
stillcool
(32,966 posts)or a Judiciary. The federal government is kaput. If it isn't dead yet it's on life support. Maybe one big Supreme Court ruling will do it. I remember thinking about how the military would go, back in the first term, with January 6th, and Lafayette Park. I no longer think there will be any saving grace to keep this country whole.
doc03
(37,252 posts)itself authoritarian just liie the police.
Johnny2X2X
(22,073 posts)There is nothing his own parter can or will do to stop him. If he wants to shift the tax burden 100% to blue states, who is going to stop him? He could say, no person in a red state has to pay federal income tax anymore, and everyone in the blue states will be taxed at 95%, and no one could stop him.
His party wants him to be a dictator, the SCOTUS told him he is a dictator, he can do here whatever Putin can do in Russia.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(117,834 posts)Nixon tried it and was slapped down. Then again with today's Extreme Court who knows.