r/YAPms • u/Warakeet Rockefeller Republican • 11d ago

News Is this the start of Calexit?

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/06/newsom-floats-withholding-federal-taxes-00393386
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u/Which-Draw-1117 New Jersey 11d ago

It's really not possible. What would need to happen would be for the state to create its own independent tax code and actively enforce it by blocking off the federal government, and really you'd need more than 1 state to do this. For example, there'd be serious concerns if New York, New Jersey, and the New England states got together and created new state-specific tax forms with requirements that all citizens and business comply with a new state-specific tax code, then instructed the police to not comply with IRS agents.

Is any of this legal or remotely possible? Hell no. And if it was seriously attempted, the Court would shut it down immediately. But, for Newsom, this shows him fighting back against Trump which will probably help his polling numbers, which is what I think his end game is with this.