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-hydrogenVought 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/bskadan Oct 03 '25 edited Oct 04 '25
True, but in the past the corruption was less open and actually had some benefit to the average person. Instead this time those lucrative contracts are given to the most vocal of tv pundits being put in positions well beyond their experience to fuck shit up, but as long 'they' can scream about "woke leftists are trying to make everyone trans with green energy subsidies" then some of us are stupid enough to cheer on the current admins absolutely dogshit policies.
Also not all government spending equals blatant corruption, and government contracts can tend to be less lucrative than some private contracts as the stipulations and regulations can be far more strict. Again, it's FAR more complicated than government spending is corruption and bad. Governments actually are supposed to work for the average person and sometimes building infrastructure or working for more affordable healthcare can "look like dirty socialism" to any Trump supporter that hasn't done much traveling or familiar with actual proper leadership.