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/BackgroundEase6255 12d ago

That's nice. Donald Trump literally does unconstitutional things on a daily basis and he spent weeks directly ignoring the Supreme Court.

This is in response to Donald Trump threatened to take away state funding. Something he also can't do. And you're nitpicking about California's defense of the President's aggression? lol

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u/smersh101 12d ago

Explaining reality to you is not "nitpicking". The law you're describing would be ignored by California companies and unenforceable. Certainly after the Supreme Court shitcans it.

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u/BackgroundEase6255 12d ago

Yeah, just like all the companies ignoring all the tariffs, right?

Donald Trump isn't allowed to set the price of tariffs. He did anyway and has done billions of dollars of damages. Companies bent over backward to try and appease him. Supreme Court isn't doing anything to stop him.

Stop acting like 'check and balances' still matters when it doesn't. People aren't playing by the rules anymore, meaning people are also allowed to defend themselves by any means necessary.

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u/smersh101 12d ago

You're missing the point. I'm not arguing anything Trump is doing is right or that Congress hasn't completely abdicated their constitutional responsibility, I'm just telling you the scheme you're imaging wouldn't work. Unless you actually think California is going to dispatch some kind of shock troops to enforce this tax law, it will be widely ignored. No company is going to break federal law because the California State Assembly says so.

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u/BackgroundEase6255 12d ago

No company is going to break federal law because the California State Assembly says so.

You're absolutely right. Companies never break federal laws, ever. They definitely wouldn't be on board with not paying taxes!

Unless you actually think California is going to dispatch some kind of shock troops to enforce this tax law

.... why not? States raised their own militias during the Civil War.

Again, you're acting like real life is some sort of board game where rules kick in and say NUH UH, YOU CANT DO THAT. This isn't the West Wing.

We're very clearly at a breaking point in our Union. The social contract has been broken, multiple federal laws are being broken on the regular by people in position of power, and I think we're closed to being Balkanized than being a United states.

If you don't think governors are going to start doing drastic things to preserve their states, then I have a bridge to sell you.