Personally, I'm underwhelmed. Federal grant losses of only $2.3 million for Chiraq, $1.9 million for LA? Those cities could make up the shortfall by firing a couple of dogcatchers or superfluous bureaucrats.
On the other hand, it's the principle that counts. The leftist mayors and judges are absolutists and will fight this tooth-and-nail.
Why does any city get federal funding? That spending isn’t authorized by the Constitution. Last Feb., I wrote to a republican member of the Senate Budget Committee and two republican members of the House Budget Committee. I included a few budget suggestions, and I asked them to eliminate all grants to city and state governments. That would save about $350 billion, per year. I said that, since the federal government would need less money, the same bill should cut tax rates. None of those lawmakers replied.