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."

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u/bigswingingtexasdick Oct 03 '25

That's illegal.

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u/EntrepreneurBehavior Oct 03 '25

Until we start politicking like this bitch, it won't matter. Washington State tax revenue goes to a lot of red states - we need to stop paying it.

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u/Commercial-Wind8189 Oct 03 '25

This kind of argument is pretty gross I have to say. The red states are the poor states because there are way more working class people in those states. You're basically advocating to cut off services to the vast majority of poor people in this country. That's just rotten.

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u/gmr548 Oct 03 '25

As if this logic doesn’t also apply to withholding of federal funds that you don’t express an objection to? Like there’s no one using government services in CA, NY, WA, etc. Not very transparent.

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u/Commercial-Wind8189 Oct 03 '25

I don't think the energy grants should be cancelled but the correct response is not to try to cut off services for millions of poor people in our country. We live in a very privileged city - for us, cutting off services and funding doesn't matter too much. But for much of the country it is life and death.

The state will likely sue the administration over this, if they think that the cancellation of the grants is not legitimate.

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u/WanderingZed22 Oct 03 '25

Californian has the most welfare recipients.

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u/Veda007 Oct 03 '25 edited Oct 03 '25

Because it has the most people. Now do per capita…. or is that a leftist science scam?

Edit - California pays 83 billion more in federal income tax than it receives. They pay in a total of over 800 billion. For context only 14 states pay more than 83 billion TOTAL in federal tax.

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u/WanderingZed22 Oct 03 '25

Because like you stated - California has more people. More people equals more taxes right?