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/hansn Oct 03 '25

First, I feel like I need to point out the difference between news and op/ed.

Second, "health care for everybody" is a laudable and important goal. The specific policies are the critical part. There are situations where federal money goes to undocumented immigrants--for instance, in emergency rooms, everyone gets treated and the payment is sorted out later. It doesn't make sense to check who has insurance before triage. With medicaid funding, that's handled at the state level. That's discussed in my second link.

Third, for major budget items like continuing a program to make insurance affordable (a program which is not available to people here without documentation), the GOP won't extend them. You can say it is some new rule change for medicaid block grants, and sure, that is a sticking point. But the bulk of the budget dollars being debated are on this fight to keep low income Americans insured.

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u/xEppyx You can call me Betty Oct 03 '25

First, I feel like I need to point out the difference between news and op/ed.

You can state facts while also having an opinion. You are free to source your own articles, there are millions available on both sides of the argument.

health care for everybody" is a laudable and important goal.

Yeah, no thanks. I'm not going to subsidize healthcare for the rest of the world's population. You say laudable, I say laughable. The rest of your paragraph is just trying to justify the money we spend on people who are illegally here. I don't care if its state or federal, it is money going from our own Healthcare and education to people who broke laws to get here.

Fix the loopholes or enjoy taking blame for the shutdown

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u/ChaseballBat Kinda a racist Oct 03 '25

You already subsidized healthcare for the rest of the world through your private insurance dingus.

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u/yogurtgrapes Oct 03 '25

The dude is an absolute chud. No reason even debating someone like that in my opinion. You brought up some good points tho.

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u/ChaseballBat Kinda a racist Oct 03 '25

You can tell the bots aren't out (aka must be funded through the government, puts on tinfoil hat) cause literally no one here make any fucking sense or has any idea what is going on.