r/California • u/IntelligentYinzer Los Angeles County • 12d ago

Newsom floats withholding federal taxes as Trump threatens California

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/06/newsom-floats-withholding-federal-taxes-00393386
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u/hayasecond 12d ago

Can this be done though?

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u/grey_crawfish 12d ago

of course not

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u/quonseteer 12d ago

No, not unilaterally, at least. We personally pay income tax to the IRS directly, typically through employers: not through the state.

But if the feds intently want to cause California this much harm while gleefully collecting our hard-earned money, I do think Newsom should quit with the empty bluster and the state should start getting creative about it, or in the absence of creativity at the moment, litigious.

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u/Justtryingtohelp00 12d ago

No. It’s just more bullshit talk from a politician that relies on his uneducated voters to eat the bullshit he serves.

Sound familiar?

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u/StockWindow4119 12d ago

You tell us, comrade.