RetiredGySgt
Diamond Member
Totally reasonable.
Understandable and sensible.
But this one here, Charles, you really gotta think about what you're saying with this one. This is basically a challenge to everything that the US is supposed to stand for. I mean, the US government has a history of doing this abroad, and by 'this' I mean punishing people for "voting the wrong way". Happened very directly in Guatemala in 1954 and again in Chile in 1973, not to mention Lebanon and Palestine in recent times. Granted, I imagine you're not calling for the absolutely brutal measures that the government and its proxies took in these cases, but it's still the same principle. How could the US truly be considered a democracy if it punishes its own citizens for "voting the wrong way". It just seems like a very dangerous precedent to set.
Those citizens support and vote for people that VIOLATE Federal Law. No two ways about it. Any money sent to those cities for ANY reason should be cut off. The elected officials that support VIOLATING the law should be given a set time to CHANGE the policy or face being arrested for Insurrection. If the people keep voting in people that vote that way, continue to block all funds and arrest all elected officials that support violating US Law.