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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced just one day after the U.S. officially withdrew from the World Health Organization (WHO) that his state would become the first to join the organization’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network, in a seeming rebuke of the Trump administration’s withdrawal from international collaborations.

Newsom traveled this week to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where he was scheduled to speak at an event but was canceled at the last moment. During his trip, he met with WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

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[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If California didn't send $80 billion more to the federal gov't than it got back every year, I don't think they'd need FEMA.

[–] Broken@lemmy.ml 1 points 16 hours ago

I just responded to another comment about this. I agree that keeping the money we pay to the federal government can be redistributed, but I'm not confident the government has the proper structure to do so.

Basically, they mismanage what they do today, so why should I conclude they can handle additional responsibilities tomorrow? More money doesn't fix existing problems. Fix the problems first, get your existing budget in line, address the current responsibilities adequately, and that's evidence you'll do a good job with more.