Dictator dipshit is angling for even more red meat for his base, and with the electoral college it might work.
this is the kind of thing that sparks actual separatist movements
Gonna be fun watching what the Free and Hanseatic District of Columbia does with Congress.
New York City, Washington, DC, Seattle and Portland are initial targets
Living in California was way better when I was a lib. Now it just disappoints me
Maybe those cities should stop paying federal taxes if that's the case. Pretty much impossible, but you know...
That's the thing - cities fund the rural areas. Blue states fund red states. If we stopped the flow of funds from cities to the country and from blue states to red states, chuds would be screaming.
Cities couldn't exist without the subjugation of the countryside. That means farm workers, miners, loggers, rig pigs, etc. If they all controlled the means of production, cities would be much smaller and much more expensive.
Exactly. There's a real urban elitism that gets thrown around whenever this topic comes up. Where would we urban folk get our food if the cities and countryside cut off from each other? Rooftop gardens? That solein shit from Finland?
This guy reads theory.
Although there's a larger issue of economics of scale - cities are cheaper per-capita, particular for high capacity infrastructure like rail or office centers or stadiums - it's worth noting how much wealth ends up being extracted from the agriculture/logging/mining/manufacturing centers and booked as finance or legal or tech profits.
You can dig $0.02 of natural gas out of the ground in Midland, TX and sell it for $2.00 on a Dallas trading floor. But who is generating the value?
I mean the essential effect of but paying taxes is secession, so if you're ready to go to war about it, I could see it.
It's a good policy from his point of view, hurting the people that work against him.
IF I was a lib I wouldn't do it but I would definetly defund places that cheat with gerrymandering and straight up election fraud, the courts are completely ineffective in that regard it seems.
yeah, strategically it's a great election-year ploy
It's the Ted Cruz playbook. Shit on California. Shit on New York. Play hard to the base.
But what are you doing for me, personally?
Republicans spent four years shitting on Chicago and Detroit and still ended up getting dunked on by Obama in 2012. Democrats spent two years shitting on Fly-Over-Country and ended up losing in 2016.
I don't think this excites anyone that wasn't already excited about voting for you.
Oh man is that the distinct stank of balkanization wafting in the breeze? If this is more than lip service things could get a bit interesting.
Personally, it reminds me of the "defund sanctuary cities" thing which i think turned out to be hot air, but who knows, its 2020
