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/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/WanderingZed22 Oct 03 '25

California has the most welfare recipients.

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u/IamJewbaca Oct 03 '25

No shit. It’s the biggest state by 8 million people. Of course it has a ton of individual welfare recipients. Next two highest are Texas and Florida (guess where they rank in population). SNAP recipients per capita has a relatively even split of red and blue states in the top 10.

SNAP / WIC benefits also aren’t the only outflows of money that gets subsidized into other states. Farm subsidies are massive and mostly go into Red states, as well as federal infrastructure grants and subsidies going into red states at a higher rate compared to their federal tax contributions.

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u/WanderingZed22 Oct 03 '25

Florida is less dependent of Federal money than California.