r/politics • u/sweatycat New York • 1d ago

California to Negotiate Trade With Other Countries to Bypass Trump Tariffs

https://www.newsweek.com/california-newsom-trade-trump-tariffs-2055414
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u/kittenTakeover 1d ago

American balkanization is horrible idea for American's FYI.

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u/TheDawnOfShe 1d ago

For the ones left behind maybe. But hey California is a shit covered state anyways right? I'm sure Alabama will be FINE.

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u/kittenTakeover 1d ago

No, it would be bad for California too. California benefits from the union, despite propaganda trying to convince people otherwise. You can kind of think about it like the trade situation happening. Right now you sound like Trump, saying "they've been ripping us off for decades."

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u/BatManatee 1d ago

I mean... they literally have. California is the biggest donor state by far in total numbers, and I think 4th going per capita. We also get some of the least amount of federal representation per capital by far. So we get far fewer votes as to how our tax money is spent, then it goes primarily to red states who spend all day every day talking shit about us.

We are, by pretty much any metric, getting the worst part of the deal in the US.

Balkanization would also be terrible, don't get me wrong. But we literally are also being "ripped off".