The New York City comptroller’s office, which first noticed the missing money, said that the Federal Emergency Management Agency had unilaterally taken the funds from the city’s accounts.

To be clear: this isn’t the “we stopped paying promised grant money” but is literally the federal government yanking money out of an NYC bank account.

    • Placebonickname@lemmy.world
      71·
      13 days ago

      So, because we have a deficit the President can do whatever they want with our money? Cause thats what Trump/Musk seem to be doing.

        • inbeesee@lemmy.world
          51·
          12 days ago

          So does the deficit matter or not? Tax cuts will make the deficit worse, not better.

            • inbeesee@lemmy.world
              11·
              6 days ago

              Hope you’re wealthy, and never fall on hard times, and never get taken advantage of by someone more powerful than you.

              • libertyforever@lemmy.world
                11·
                6 days ago

                It is important for DOGE to go through the government expenditures and find the waste and fraud so we as tax payers won’t get taken advantage of.

                Hope people can save more for rainy days with the lower taxes.