States Will Sue Trump to Stop Federal Grant Freeze |Democratic attorneys general from states including NY, CA, IL, NJ, RI and MA are moving to keep funds flowing to state governments and cities

www.nytimes.com States Plan to Sue to Block Trump’s Federal Grants Freeze

Democratic attorneys general from states including New York, California, Illinois, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Massachusetts are moving to keep funds flowing to state governments and cities.

The Trump administration plan is apparently to use such a lawsuit to eliminate the power of Congress to control spending. Hopefully the courts aren't that far gone yet.

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States Will Sue Trump to Stop Federal Grant Freeze |Democratic attorneys general from states including NY, CA, IL, NJ, RI and MA are moving to keep funds flowing to state governments and cities

www.nytimes.com /2025/01/28/us/politics/states-lawsuit-trump-federal-grants-pause.html

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States should withhold federal taxes. Quid pro quo.
- Federal taxes are paid by individuals and corporations, not the states, so it would be on individuals and companies to halt payment.
- Your comment made me wonder what taxes the federal government collects from state governments. As far as I can tell, the IRS does not collect from state governments, but does collect from the residents and businesses of a state.
  So while I agree that these states should fight back, I don't think they have any payments that they could withhold. I hope they find a variety of other ways to fix this though.
  
  Maybe its time that leaders of those states get a bill proposed/passed that would bar the federal government from levying/collecting any type of tax on an individual who is a resident of that state; if the federal government breaks certain terms...

I work for a Native Tribal Government they're freaking the fuck out since almost their funding comes from Federal Grants. Our Chief is an open Trump supporter. Wonder what he thinks about this.
- The most delicious kind of face.
  
  i never thought they'd eat that guy's face

I mean, it's illegal lol so yea
- What will they do? Fine Trump? Jail him? If not, he's not going to care. And they won't jail him.
- For what that's worth.

Why wouldn’t red states also join? Not like they wouldn’t have major issues with this also. Or, are they literally so loyal they’ll fall on their swords, lose their own jobs and programs?
- Basically yeah, reminder that the old guard of conservative bastards who had a modicum of humanity or wanting a vaguely functional system are largely gone from politics. With a handful of exceptions most of them are true believers who legit want to dissolve the federal government and will happily burn themselves down to do it.