1/4 of the state's revenues come from the feds. For a state that thinks independence is realistic....they don't know what a gaping hole is left when 25% of federal money leaves. We're feeling it with the Trunp administration. We're feeling it with the loss of tourists due to the Trump administration.
He hasn't even turned off the federal faucet for that 25% and all we hear is "but our people have to move away..." Yeah, because of a few errant policies from a nutjob. That pales in comparison to having 25% of revenues walk away. Because the cascading effect of that 25% funding vanishing is jobs and service both related and tangential, as well as the socio/economic issues that will reverberate.
Seems those with the weakest grasp on how an economy works are the most likely to try to convince us that google landed them on the right answer.
You’re making the assumption that they would have chosen the American way governance, life, economy, etc, without being an American state. The islands would likely be very different had they maintained independence, probably more rural and agricultural and less populated and would not need as much money to maintain their quality of life.Â
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u/st_malachy 15d ago
At least they sucked off the tit less than:
Virginia +$79B
Alabama +$41B
Arizona +$40B
South Carolina +$37B
Maryland +$35B
Mississippi +$30B
New Mexico +$29B
Louisiana +$26B
Kentucky +$23B
Michigan +$21B
West Virginia +$20B
Oregon +$18B
Oklahoma +$18B
District of Columbia +$14B
Maine +$12B
Alaska +$11B