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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump will stop federal dollars to NYC cause it is a 'sanctuary city'.
I'm speechless. Damn bully.
LisaL
(44,962 posts)I don't know how he plans to show his face up at Trump tower.
PJMcK
(21,916 posts)Trump Tower, as well as a number of other Trump properties are in New York City. Seems like he would be harming his own interests.
fescuerescue
(4,448 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,096 posts)elleng
(130,126 posts)Squinch
(50,773 posts)for that shitty man.
icymist
(15,888 posts)Starting to see a pattern here.
Squinch
(50,773 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)Me.
(35,454 posts)We give more than we get...how about we shut off the spigot that funds many in his base.
TrekLuver
(2,573 posts)Dorian Gray
(13,469 posts)All the big sanctuary cities withhold taxes from the federal government.
Me.
(35,454 posts)blue neen
(12,306 posts)If Trump cuts off funds to NYC, all of his properties there won't be worth much, will they?
wordpix
(18,652 posts)blue neen
(12,306 posts)That fool.
skylucy
(3,734 posts)Such a hateful, ignorant, dangerous, nasty man.
BeyondGeography
(39,276 posts)Squinch
(50,773 posts)themselves.
C_U_L8R
(44,889 posts)What a despicable person. I hope our cities stand strong and defy him.
Generator
(7,770 posts)Someone said Spicer said "we are going to look in the urban areas" for voter fraud. Racist fucks want to tear the cities to shreds. This won't end well. WE HAVE THE CITIES. Let's not surrender them. No quarter.
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)mainer
(12,013 posts)That New Yorkers pay so much to the feds and get nothing in return is all kinds of fucked up.
hells
(141 posts)Sanity Claws
(21,822 posts)NYPD is incurring millions in OT pay to provide protection to Trump Tower. No more.
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)NutmegYankee
(16,177 posts)No security for visits, no airport support. Pull the guards off his property and enforce no property laws on his penthouse.
politicat
(9,808 posts)Or use eminent domain to take adverse possession of the traffic and quality of life blight that is Trump Tower. I am only half in jest.
Most of me says, yeah? So? You think we can't take care of ourselves and our own? Just watch.
I happen to live in one of the other sanctuary cities, a small one. To be honest, we will be perfectly fine without federal funding. It's about 1% of our budget, mostly in bond guarantees, not actual cash. We can make that work through state and regional resources. The exception has been surplus arms from DHS. And my city/county does not actually need the APV that has never once run. We'll be fine without the 700 rifles that ended up being only 290 once they were all disassembled, fixed and put back together. And if we're not taking their money, it becomes much easier to not cooperate. Plus, most of us don't want to be in bed with this maladministration.
It's something we need to focus on at our local levels -- city funding and city council should be a Democratic priority, at both the institutional and local, personal level. Cities are our home turf.
TheDebbieDee
(11,119 posts)each year to subsidize public transportation... Withholding federal funds COULD cripple public transportation within New York City. Be mindful, several million people per day travel into and from their jobs in NYC.
New Yorkers, please weigh in: Is it fairly common for people to commute daily to NYC to work from as far away as Philadelphia?
HoneyBadger
(2,297 posts)I could count on my fingers and toes the people that I have met that commute from Philly. It usually involves a marriage or divorce and a volatile living situation. I do know lots more that commute around the world on planes, usually for a 4 day week. And I have commuted from NYC to TX and NC daily at times.
Afromania
(2,767 posts)Lots of commuting from NJ, CT and counties north of the city though.
HockeyMom
(14,337 posts)Philly not daily but for consulting work. Husband did so on occasion. Just came home to NY on weekends.
We are moving to Poconos and all the Developments advertised Commuter Friendly to NYC. It's only about 2 hours one way and there are Express Buses into Penn Station.
TrekLuver
(2,573 posts)are a lot that commute via bus from the Poconos.
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)by refusing to guard his target in the sky.
treestar
(82,383 posts)which would be unconstitutional if it treats similarly situated cities differently.
bravenak
(34,648 posts)We know he's never read the document, but he could at the very least watch a kids cartoon version or get the free audiobook.
Cha
(295,899 posts)Thank you!
treestar
(82,383 posts)of the limit of Presidential powers! The fit he will have will be bigly UUUUUUge Cha!
roamer65
(36,739 posts)lindysalsagal
(20,433 posts)Rampant crime and vandalism. Gee.
avebury
(10,946 posts)Make Trump go through passport control everytime he goes in and out of NYC to go to Trump Towers. NYC could withdraw any support they provide Trump and his family. Perhaps charge the US Federal Govt. for the negative impact that Trump has caused the local businesses. Make him pay for a visa everytime he goes in and out of NYC.
May sign a security treaty with China. Bill DeBlasio could get really creative.
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(175,691 posts)This begs the question. If he does send the Feds here, will they look for the undocumented?
lapucelle
(18,037 posts)eleny
(46,166 posts)I worked for the city and it was one transfer after another followed by a layoff and rehiring the same day in a different category. I left the roller coaster and went west where I found a more stable career. Not without its own cutbacks and concerns. But it all worked out better than if I stayed in NY. My heart goes out to NYC and it's employees. They deserve better than The Conald.
nolabear
(41,915 posts)suffragette
(12,232 posts)Well done Mayor Murray!
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)area.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)I don't want my city taxes going to defend that msn's house if he is cutting funding for my city.
eleny
(46,166 posts)marlakay
(11,370 posts)Trump tower security then.
underpants
(182,271 posts)TrekLuver
(2,573 posts)Who the fuck does he think he is.
underpants
(182,271 posts)They think WINNING (barely) is all they need. The news networks act like he pulled 75% and are revamping their shows as such. The whole thing is absurd.
Stellar
(5,644 posts)Dorian Gray
(13,469 posts)I hope every new yorker stands up to that bully.
cilla4progress
(24,585 posts)we are just going to have to form micro-economies and support our cities.
CanonRay
(14,036 posts)Tatiana
(14,167 posts)To look for illegal immigrants?
itcfish
(1,828 posts)the purse string? Democrats better start screaming NOW! No Wall Street Money to the FEDS. NYC keeps the revenue
Sancho
(9,065 posts)$1000 per passenger should do it to start...of course, NY needs to build a wall and ban radical republic politicians out too.
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workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)This is just the beginning folks.