silence7@slrpnk.net to California@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agoPresidio Trust targeted for elimination in latest Trump executive orderwww.sfchronicle.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up111arrow-down1external-linkPresidio Trust targeted for elimination in latest Trump executive orderwww.sfchronicle.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to California@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square3fedilinkfile-text
This post uses a gift link so people shouldn’t hit the paywall. I’ll note that which government agencies are facing huge cuts appears to correlate with perceived ideology, rather than any evidence of fraud or waste.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-212 days agoSpeaking from experience, people do in fact visit the Presidio and GGNRA from other places; they are in fact major tourist draws. Besides, the whole point of a federal government is to benefit Americans. “Americans benefit from it” is a feature, not a bug. The fairness point is an interesting one; the reality is that California transfers huge amounts of money to bail out failing red states. If you want to be fair, then a lot more money ought to be transferred to spending in California.
Speaking from experience, people do in fact visit the Presidio and GGNRA from other places; they are in fact major tourist draws.
Besides, the whole point of a federal government is to benefit Americans. “Americans benefit from it” is a feature, not a bug.
The fairness point is an interesting one; the reality is that California transfers huge amounts of money to bail out failing red states. If you want to be fair, then a lot more money ought to be transferred to spending in California.