California is a state, and thus dependent on federal budgeting like any other. A huge proportion of tax income goes to the feds, which they then dole out in various forms; California can't magically get around that.
You're getting downvoted for being needlessly snarky and constructing a strawman to insinuate CA is somehow hypocritical.
Which states besides CA would you describe as "autonomous" vs not? A Federation of independent states unified under a federal government is kind of how the whole U.S. thing works, no?
You also seem to be trying to make a political statement. Should a "red" state like TX not request disaster relief funds (say, after a hurricane) if a Democrat is president?
Also, keep in mind that 57% of forests in CA are Federally managed. Only 3% is managed by the state.
> constructing a strawman to insinuate CA is somehow hypocritical.
It is - or at least the leadership is in almost every respect. Politico-turned-economic elites acting as egalitarian champions is par for the last 30 years.
Life-long Californian here.
> Which states besides CA would you describe as "autonomous" vs not?
Massachusetts, for a start, since they don't just talk about what they are going to do. You should visit.
The reality is that the CA representatives routinely declare that they are not going to abide by federal guidelines. Ostensibly, that's the autonomy being referenced.
Totally ignoring the poster's intent and swapping in your own bias as their content is outright trolling. If you don't understand (or can't imagine an interpretation that makes sense) it's rather civil to act in good faith and ask for clarification. SMH
The same thing happened with Obamacare and red states. It basically always happens that states fight the feds at least somewhat when the opposing party is in power.
Roughly 57% of forested lands in Caifornia are federally-managed and as another poster pointed out a significant amount of money is sent to the federal government by California and its residents. You’re getting downvoted because you’re wrongly implying that California is financially insolvent and looking for money it wouldn’t have on its own. The truth is that California and its residents subsidize many other parts of the US.
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Getting pretty heavily downvoted. It’s literally what Newsom said he did on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/GavinNewsom/status/1317197526529830912