I mean, the majority of the funding comes from the taxpayer technically, but that's a different discussion perhaps. The problem with the whole ignoring "the leftists coasts" when it comes to an argument about funding is that IIRC about 70 percent of US GDP is in those areas. And the way the math works is that they are actually losing money to red states because they pay more to the feds than they get back in federal dollars (programs, grants, projects etc). Again, IIRC the only traditionally red state with a completely self-supporting economy is Texas.As I said the states have to work in union.
If enough states get on board, the feds can’t intimidate anyone because the majority source of funding for the feds comes from from the states.
Of course the liberal states won’t get onboard but the leftists coasts don’t represent the rest of the fly over country that does support the 2A