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Newsom should be more gracious. That is tax money from all other states that the federal government decided to provide to California. Sad to see him be so entit

Newsom should be more gracious. That is tax money from all other states that the federal government decided to provide to California. Sad to see him be so entitled and speak so dismissively about the funding for the sake of local political optics.

kevin_b_er 8y ago
No, its just tax money California got back from itself. Unlike many states, California's citizens put more money toward the federal government than the federal government provides to California. California is estimated anywhere from $0.87 up to $0.99 inward per $1 outward. https://www.politifact.com/california/article/2017/feb/14/does-california-give-more-it-gets-dc/ https://www.politifact.com/california/article/2017/feb/14/do...
- kodablah 8y ago
  What a poor way to look at it. There are more recent studies that disagree[0], but that doesn't matter. Wasting money matters, and you can't pretend the federal dollars earmarked for this transportation initiative are the equivalent of all in state dollars or that they wouldn't have been put to better use elsewhere. 0 - https://rockinst.org/issue-areas/fiscal-analysis/balance-of-payments-portal/ https://rockinst.org/issue-areas/fiscal-analysis/balance-of-...
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iscrewyou 8y ago
Gracious? Entitled? I don’t see California asking for more money for Coal Plants or Chinese Factories. California pays plenty of its share to those other states you refer to as well. It’s disingenuous to say california took other states’ money. I can say California just took back the money it paid in taxes to the federal government. In terms on numbers and being ambiguous, it’s correct. You seem to be insinuating a political argument. There’s plenty of blame to go around for many states when we are talking about “taking money” from the federal government. I took his line of argument as: we have federal money, we are going to add more from our funds and finish the Valley section.

kevin_b_er 8y ago

No, its just tax money California got back from itself. Unlike many states, California's citizens put more money toward the federal government than the federal government provides to California. California is estimated anywhere from $0.87 up to $0.99 inward per $1 outward. https://www.politifact.com/california/article/2017/feb/14/does-california-give-more-it-gets-dc/ https://www.politifact.com/california/article/2017/feb/14/do...

kodablah 8y ago
What a poor way to look at it. There are more recent studies that disagree[0], but that doesn't matter. Wasting money matters, and you can't pretend the federal dollars earmarked for this transportation initiative are the equivalent of all in state dollars or that they wouldn't have been put to better use elsewhere. 0 - https://rockinst.org/issue-areas/fiscal-analysis/balance-of-payments-portal/ https://rockinst.org/issue-areas/fiscal-analysis/balance-of-...

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iscrewyou 8y ago

Gracious? Entitled? I don’t see California asking for more money for Coal Plants or Chinese Factories. California pays plenty of its share to those other states you refer to as well. It’s disingenuous to say california took other states’ money. I can say California just took back the money it paid in taxes to the federal government. In terms on numbers and being ambiguous, it’s correct. You seem to be insinuating a political argument. There’s plenty of blame to go around for many states when we are talking about “taking money” from the federal government. I took his line of argument as: we have federal money, we are going to add more from our funds and finish the Valley section.