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Tomi Lahren just posted on the other place that the federal government should âlet California goâ and that California should get ânot one dime.â Where does she think the federal government gets most of its dimes?
— Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) 2025-07-14T02:33:12.744Z


CurtEastPoint
(19,563 posts)GoCubsGo
(34,059 posts)Seriously, I have always wondered who this dipshit is, and why anyone should give a rat's ass what she thinks. It's not like she has ever done anything of significance. She's just another slightly-attractive, young bottle blonde who spews right-wing bullshit.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(125,876 posts)That much is obvious.
JI7
(92,309 posts)in the world.
And this is after the right wing made all those claims about all business leaving california.
creon
(1,729 posts)She brings nothing useful
boonecreek
(1,130 posts)is the fourth largest economy in the world. How does that idiot think we could make that up.?
RockRaven
(17,619 posts)CA paid $79B more than it got from the feds in 2023, the second highest total amongst the 19 net payer states (only NY is higher).
12.2% of federal revenues come from CA. All those net taker states would be really screwed if any of the top net payer states (top 7: NY, CA, NJ, TX, WA, MA, MN) got to leave.
AverageOldGuy
(2,732 posts)Google "Tomi Lahren" and check out the photos.
Google "blow-up sex doll" and check out the photos.
The rest is up to you.
orleans
(36,251 posts)anyway, i guess i see a resemblance--actually they could be twins!
swong19104
(461 posts)NM is a blue state, but takes in much more federal dollars than it gives out. Probably due to Los Alamos and nearby research centers.
SickOfTheOnePct
(7,825 posts)I think the map is supposed to represent the states that VP Harris won in 2024.
Almost half of them are taker states, but the net is still around $247B in donor funds across all 21 states/DC, which in turn is a bit over 5% of total federal receipts from the states.
Per capita, California is the lowest donor state (~$2k) and Delaware is the highest (~$11k).
tinrobot
(11,627 posts)Cha
(312,968 posts)be a danger to themselves and the whole wide world .
MacKasey
(1,399 posts)From Wikipedia
Early life and education
Lahren grew up in Rapid City, South Dakota, and graduated from Central High School in 2010.[9][10] She is of German and Norwegian descent.[11] Lahren's parents both came from families who owned ranches.[12] She graduated from University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2014 with a B.A. in broadcast journalism and political science.[13] Lahren hosted and associate produced the university's political roundtable show The Scramble.[14] She interned for Republican Congresswoman Kristi Noem from South Dakota, serving as the first intern at Noem's Rapid City office.[15]
Initech
(105,632 posts)
Abolishinist
(2,641 posts)I've had it. I'm totally, completely tired of supporting these rancid, disgusting pieces of reich-wing garbage with my tax dollars. Pay up or die on the vine.
SickOfTheOnePct
(7,825 posts)I appreciate California, as your donor status basically pays for our taker status.
William Seger
(11,724 posts)ca , origon and wa should leave the union and form a new country that i would love to call pacifica . then we shall see aboout east west trade etc.
BaronChocula
(2,964 posts)So anyway...
Karasu
(1,590 posts)they would be dumb not to. I would greatly prefer that over becoming a wholly independent republic unless a bunch of other states joined in. The fascists can withdraw their forces, take all their military invasion fantasies, and fuck off. Granted, they've already crossed that line, but the protection of (an)other nation(s) would give them second thoughts there.
Fuck these fascists. I'm beyond done with them, and losing CA hurts them far more than they know.