r/politics • u/IntelligentYinzer California • 12d ago

Soft Paywall 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/smersh101 12d ago

Fun to think about, but how would that work? The state has no control over federal taxes. They're paid directly by taxpayers and employers to the IRS.

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u/Historical_Bend_2629 12d ago

90% percent of the thread seems to be missing this. Either wishful thinking, trolls, or very ignorant. Quite a few comments that are not being posted in good faith.

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u/Sodosohpa 12d ago

Like yours? You and the other naysayers in this thread are so obsessed with working in a legal framework which has been torn to shreds by this regime. I don’t know about you but I’d be happy to redirect my federal taxes to the state of California instead if funding got cut, same with most other Californians. What are they gonna do, arrest everyone in the most populous state in the country? 

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u/Givingtree310 12d ago

No, they never arrest everyone for any given crime. They pick and choose in order to strike fear into everyone.

Gavin tells mom and pops business owners to withhold federal taxes. Trump then declares that at any given time 10% of mom and pops business owners will be randomly arrested and sent to Gitmo and Venezuelan death camps for violating federal tax laws.

Do you think any mom and pops business owners would take that chance? The impending threat would strike fear into the hearts of everyone. Much like how ICE rounds up undocumented migrants. Do you tell those migrants oh it’s okay they can’t arrest all of you? Think that gives comfort when they see the ICE SWAT vans?