Is Trump “Authorizing” the Governors to Act on his Behalf in His Abdication of Responsibility and National Leadership?
It seems as though Trump may have opened the door for states to move forward in a cooperative manner to protect their residents from harm caused by the Covid-19 virus. It was always the case that the 10th Amendment gave them this power during a health crisis. But Trump recently said, "And I will then be authorizing each individual governor of each individual state to implement a reopening, a very powerful reopening plan of their state at a time and in a manner as most appropriate." This implies the Governors would soon be acting on behalf of Trump and the Federal Government, as he refuses any responsibility for this national crisis, and therefore States should be spending US Funds as authorized agents of the US government.
It is important that the States act in a coordinated manner, fully utilizing testing, tracking, healthcare and even quarantines when necessary, to prevent expansion of the pandemic. The US Climate Alliance (USCA) is a 25 state organization that could organize a careful, coordinated step-by-step return to more normal work and recreational activities by its residents. They could act almost immediately to combat Covid-19 as Trump has also requested. The USCA was established in the wake of Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris Accord with the statement that the USCA would work closely with the other nations that signed the Paris Accord, independent of the Trump government. The USCA could now amend their current agreements to include healthcare issues. Other US states should be invited to join the Alliance.
This is especially true now that Trump just rejected the CDC guidelines for the States that would reopen their institutions and activities in a viable and safe manner. Apparently, Trump and his advisors believe that the States should open at a much faster pace, even if this costs the lives of tens or even hundreds of thousands of Americans. The USCA could agree to follow the safer guidelines of the experts at the US CDC instead of life-endangering WH politically motivated requirements, which nearly all scientists and medical experts agree would lead to an untold future number of unnecessary American illnesses and deaths. Possibly 50,000-100,000 additional deaths or more. Many believe to place the performance of the DOW Industrial Average above the lives of countless numbers of Americans (and the global population) is unethical at best and some would argue criminal, if done for personal political gain at the risk of American lives.
To fund the needed actions, USCA member states can work together to find and institute legal processes for holding back an appropriate share of federal taxes collected from their residents and corporations to cover the costs of their own “Trump authorized plans” to re-open local businesses and recreational activities. They can then take the necessary steps, on Trump’s behalf, to restore the American society to a cautious, timely and effective recovery of “normal” lifestyle activities and the US economy.
Below is a Table showing the assets of the USCA member states. These 25 states have a population of 181M people and contribute more than $2T to the Federal Government in taxes every year. They pay more than $404B in taxes than they receive in Federal support [1]. Because Trump has authorized the states to solve the Codiv-19 re-opening problem, it seems reasonable that USCA states should withhold this $404B deficit (that their residents have earned) to help pay for the cost of combating Codiv19 for the US and global communities.
Table 1. Data for USCA. [1] https://readersupportednews.org/pm-section/78-78/62588-red-state-democratic-socialism
State |
Population |
Taxes to the Federal Government ($) |
Corporate Taxes ($B) |
Private Health Ins. (B) |
Cost per State for Health Ins. ($B) |
# of Electors |
1. California |
39,250,017 |
405,851,295,000 |
94.90 |
185.253 |
88.746 |
55 |
2. Colorado |
5,540,545 |
47,210,720,000 |
12.10 |
27.71 |
14.079 |
9 |
3. Connecticut |
3,576,452 |
59,174,581,000 |
8.10 |
18.71 |
9.994 |
7 |
4. Delaware |
952,065 |
22,640,853,000 |
2.80 |
4.94 |
2.722 |
3 |
5. Hawaii |
1,420,491 |
8,221,290,000 |
3.70 |
7.34 |
3.937 |
4 |
6. Illinois |
12,801,539 |
158,042,273,000 |
33.90 |
66.75 |
34.115 |
20 |
7. Maine |
1,338,404 |
7,464,280,000 |
3.40 |
6.39 |
3.080 |
4 |
8. Maryland |
6,016,447 |
63,936,798,000 |
12.00 |
33.10 |
16.106 |
10 |
9. Massachusetts |
6,811,779 |
108,049,205,000 |
18.10 |
36.55 |
19.313 |
11 |
10. Michigan |
9,995,915 |
77,948,414,000 |
14.90 |
49.94 |
24.984 |
16 |
11. Minnesota |
5,519,952 |
106,927,808,000 |
13.30 |
31.32 |
15.365 |
10 |
12. Montana |
1,051,000 |
6,229,000,000 |
2.628 |
- |
- |
3 |
13. Nevada |
2,940,058 |
18,450,072,000 |
6.70 |
14.51 |
6.530 |
6 |
14. New Jersey |
8,944,469 |
153,917,572,000 |
26.80 |
49.39 |
27.060 |
14 |
15. New Mexico |
2,081,015 |
8,969,666,000 |
4.60 |
7.38 |
3.645 |
5 |
16. New York |
19,745,289 |
269,716,999,000 |
75.00 |
95.36 |
47.110 |
29 |
17. North Carolina |
10,383,620 |
78,736,401,000 |
16.00 |
46.11 |
22856 |
15 |
18. Oregon |
4,093,465 |
31,219,148,000 |
7.20 |
19.12 |
9.670 |
7 |
19. Pennsylvania |
12,807,060 |
136,108,810,000 |
29.60 |
64.67 |
32.199 |
20 |
20. Puerto Rico |
3,195,153 |
3,524,557,000 |
- |
|
|
|
21. Rhode Island |
1,056,426 |
14,373,318,000 |
2.50 |
5.20 |
2.777 |
4 |
22. Vermont |
624,594 |
4,495,280,000 |
2.00 |
2.78 |
1.408 |
3 |
23. Virginia |
8,411,808 |
80,242,853,000 |
15.90 |
43.69 |
20.420 |
13 |
24. Washington |
7,288,000 |
73,334,437,000 |
21.90 |
37.48 |
20.958 |
12 |
25. Wisconsin |
5,813,568 |
51,748,831,000 |
11.90 |
31.91 |
15.872 |
10 |
TOTAL |
181,608,131 |
2,162,297,000,000 |
437.30 |
882.88 |
442.567 |
290* |
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