The real robbery is BY the Federal govno-mint, not OF it … we’ve wasted trillions on a homicide spree by our military since 9/11/01. Same goes for funding for “anti terror” security theater.
That money could have been spent on infrastructure, healthcare, the environment, and education, but instead was pissed away for welfare for upper-level military, law enforcement, and their pet contractors.
Doesn’t it burn you that we could have had first-rate versions of the services above, but instead, we made a few hundred thousand corpses (if not millions) in places that aren’t worth a dime of US money? All this while leaving the true culprits behind 9/11 (the Saudis) untouched.
Federalism is overrated; California would be better off on its own without having to pay for the military adventurism and moral panics of the rest of the USA.