Well, Idaho probably gets more fed money that it sends in but a lot of States that are signing onto this send in more money than they get back.
If the states that are throwing in on this get together and agree to cut off, oh, lets say fuel and road tax money to the feds and keep it in their respective States and distribute the money for road repair via direct private contractor bids, that would damn well get the feds attention. What would be more important to the feds? Some measure of control over Citizens owning guns, which they do anyway or keeping the cash cow of fuel and road taxes pumping money to dee-cee?
It always goes back to if the States really mean to make this stick, whether or not it is going to pizz off dee-cee, because brother it is GOING to pizz off dee-cee...
As does Montana,
Look, Numbers are very deceiving.Idahoans have most of our State forest under { Federal control} which makes up most of our State.
100.00 Dollars per man hour worked
200.00 per Axe or shovel
It becomes easy to see.
If Idaho had control of OUR land[s]- do you really think that the cost of lumber would be so high? Not to mention - The Federal agencies and their lovely Wolf experiment and our Elk populations..