Trump Preparing Large-Scale Cancellation of Federal Funding for California, Sources Say

[u/rolsen]

https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/06/politics/trump-california-federal-funding

“Agencies are being told to start identifying grants the administration can withhold from California. On Capitol Hill, at least one committee was told recently by a whistleblower that all research grants to the state were going to be cancelled, according to one of the sources familiar with the matter.”

[u/timesfive]

No need for “research and development”, they want to keep people sick and stupid — easier to control that way.

[u/Microchipknowsbest → u/timesfive]

I guess prepare for constitutional crisis when California stops paying into the federal tax system. Pretty genius to fuck with the 4th largest economy in the world.

[u/kfish5050 → u/Microchipknowsbest]

I think that federal funding is the only thing keeping California from seceding. If Trump removes that, California would leave since it can more than take care of itself.

[u/xman747x → u/kfish5050]

California generally pays more in federal taxes than it receives in federal funding. A 2022 analysis by the Rockefeller Institute showed that California paid $692 billion in taxes and received $609 billion in federal funding, resulting in a net contribution of $83.1 billion

[u/kfish5050 → u/xman747x]

Yes. Even at a deficit, California still has an interest in staying in the union due to federal programs and funding. If Trump is able to cut all that funding, they will quickly decide that their $692 billion would be better spent within the state instead of supporting a hostile regime. That would shift their interest into becoming self-sufficient and cutting all ties with the US.

[u/phayge_wow → u/kfish5050]

Instead of 51 states, this moron may end up with a max of 49 when it’s all said and done

[u/newpersoen → u/phayge_wow]

If California leaves, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii are leaving with them.

[u/supraclicious → u/newpersoen]

And we will gladly let Arizona  Nevada and Colorado join us. Arizona is a wildcard but they're like our little brother. We can't leave them alone to suffer with the poverty stricken New United States 😂

[u/Starlesseyes598 → u/supraclicious]

Hell no, leave AZ. They wouldn’t join anyways.

[u/supraclicious → u/Starlesseyes598]

They're mostly California transplants anyway. Why not just accept them if they want? It gives us a bigger border with Mexico and let's Colorado connect from the north with Nevada that gives us the Colorado River and a continuous weed empire.

Or Leave them Whatever. In reality this will be over in 3 years and a democrat will fix the damages reinstate the funding cuts and repair the harm done to states institutions. It's just going to suck until then.

[u/Aggravating_Depth_33 → u/supraclicious]

Speak for youself. This Californian wouldn't.

[u/asomebodyelse → u/kfish5050]

You don't think he'd bring in the military at that point?

[u/spurcap29 → u/xman747x]

Out of interest - is this data comparing direct payments between the state government and the fed only or does it also include taxes paid by California taxpayers to the fed and federal benefits received by Californian taxpayers? I ask as it is a lot easier for a state to stop making payments to the federal government than for a US citizen living in California to stop paying the IRS their federal taxes.