Posted on 02/28/2017 10:56:33 AM PST by Kid Shelleen
--SNIP-- The hearing, which stretched nearly three hours, came four days before Mayor Kenney will deliver his budget address. He will do so in a starkly more turbulent political climate than the one that faced him for his first budget last year.
The city received more than $340 million in federal grants in fiscal year 2015, much of it targeted by the Trump administration under an executive order to pull funding from so-called sanctuary cities. Up to $638 million more in state funding could dry up if a Senate bill also tied to Philadelphia's policies regarding federal immigration officers becomes law.
(Excerpt) Read more at philly.com ...
All their troubles are Trump’s fault? I don’t think that will fly even in a liberal cesspool like Philly
Self-inflicted.
You underestimate the power of the entitlement mentality.
To them, all that money is THEIRS and Trump is stealing it.................
Trump merely keeping his promises; amazing, the man has only been in office a day or two over a month....
It really is mind boggling. They are advocating breaking the law. You must have come up with the reason why..not much else makes sense.
“The city received more than $340 million in federal grants in fiscal year 2015, much of it targeted by the Trump administration under an executive order to pull funding from so-called sanctuary cities”
I don’t see what the problem is; can’t philly just increase their soda tax some more to fund their sanctuariness?
Look.I see a win here.All these sanctuary city’s have too do is follow the law to get there funds back.
LOL ya raise the soda tax some more.....
That worked so well, why not raise the tax on chips and dips and other so called junk food.......
Raise rax specifically on fast food.....
I’m sure there lots of other taxes they could think of.......
RATs think grants are infinite?
I guessing part of the 340 million grant went to protect
the very people that is going to cost them the grant(s).
be-u-ti-ful !
If ya don't like it, Philly, then you need to sh!tcan your leaders. Otherwise, get stuffed.
Love the headline - it’s all Trump’s fault. Typical liberal crap.
They’re looking at losing almost a billion dollars. Ten thousand bucks per illegal they’re harboring? Now that’s how you stand on principle. Unbelievable.
It’s obvious these politicians do not answer to the people of Philadelphia.
I wonder to whom they are actually beholden?
Exactly. Live by the federal handout, die by the federal handout.
Obamas fault! Obamas fault! Obamas fault! Practicing...
What could be worth losing millions of dollars in funding to protect illegals?
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I can tell you that illegal aliens are key to a long term strategy by crooked politicians to keep our government as corrupt as possible.
Well, they can just raise the soda tax again and make up the difference (snicker!).
What liberals will never figure out is that once you create a dependency on federal aid, you are at the mercy of the feds.
Yes, I know — the money is confiscated from the states in the first place. However, if the states were truly independent of the feds, then they could tell the feds go pound sand.
Choices have consequences.
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