Trump on Wednesday signed a five-page memo ordering all federal agencies to send reports in 14 days to the White House Office of Management and Budget that detail funds that can be redirected.
Dictator dipshit is angling for even more red meat for his base, and with the electoral college it might work.
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?
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?