[Virtual Teal] Because of the limitations of memory and the site search engine, I included the potential mea culpa. There was in fact a great deal of the discussion centered around fungibility and the difficulty of acheiving the narrowly defined purpose of the defunding. If I have undeservedly accused you please accept my apology.
That said, I am quite in agreement with the vision of the founding fathers of states as laboratories of democracy able to be experimental - at their own expense. One of the facts that pulled me into the original discussion was facts that came out of the Orville dam near disaster. It turned out that in the preceding decade the state of California, which was responsible for the dam, spent zero dollars on maintenance while during the same period having spent something like $25 billion on benefits for illegals and thus I supported no federal aid for expenses such asOrrville that they should have taken care of before the needs of illegals. I was of the position that they should either have to reprioritize existing funding or increase taxation to fund such problems rather than receive federal aid due to the problem being caused by their own negligence.
I must leave eave the discussion there temporarily. I would need to switch to a mobile device (in fact I already have) which for me is just an exercise in frustration. But I did wish to proffer the needed apology before signing off [end Virtual Teal]
Like I said to Paul, I think there needs to be a fairly solid sanity boundary around the laboratory. The US was founded on enlightenment principles. I think that makes a solid boundary. The laboratories of democracy should not give any government level the power to oppress people.