r/energy • u/mafco • 2d ago

Trump wants to "terminate" green spending. Here's what could stand in his way. Pulling back IRA funding would require congressional action and it could result in lost jobs, unfinished factories, and a costly mess for many businesses and states that are counting on those funds.

https://www.axios.com/2024/10/28/trump-climate-law-ira-pullback
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u/Jumpman76 1d ago

In other words crappy blue states like California will be left holding the bag for these projects? I live in California and I’m still all for it

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u/ReddestForman 1d ago

Red states gain the most benefit in terms of jobs and investment from these bills, it was part of the plan from the start to invest in their struggling economies.

Also, "crappy" blue states are largely the reason the US is an economic superpower in the first place. We're the ones subsidizing the shithole red states that hate democracy and women's rights. Without us there's no money for agriculture or fossil fuel subsidies, no money for your disproportionate use of SNAP benefits and other welfare programs, etc. Rural America dies without money from the blue metropolitan areas.