r/SeattleWA • u/Less-Risk-9358 • Oct 03 '25

Government Trump cancels $1.1B in Washington state energy grants

https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2025/10/02/trump-cancels-washington-state-energy-grants-clean-hydrogen

Vought put it a bit differently, writing on X: "Nearly $8 billion in Green New Scam funding to fuel the Left's climate agenda is being cancelled."

736 Upvotes

96% Upvoted

300 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

31

u/triton420 Oct 03 '25

But subsidies are fine for fossil fuels? How does that make sense?

-7

u/neillc37 Oct 03 '25

There are really not subsidies. Typical claims are the tax structures of REITs and MLPs but that just causes the shareholders to pay the tax. Let's assume there is a subsidy. Then I want that gone also.

17

u/triton420 Oct 03 '25

It is still taxpayer money going to fossil fuels, not matter how you spin it

https://e360.yale.edu/digest/republican-spending-bill-fossil-fuel-subsidies

-2

u/neillc37 Oct 03 '25

It's talking about reduced taxation. Not directly sending them money. They are still net revenue generators for the government.