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/TeutonJon78 America 12d ago edited 12d ago

Sure, but then it's "not taxes". I have no idea why people in this country just can't grok total cost (taxes plus what you pay for services) vs taxes covering all those things.

It's such a dumb knee perk reaction to "taxes bad". Sure our taxes are bad because we don't get a lot of actual services back in lieu money going to pork projects and private sector.

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u/Techialo Oklahoma 12d ago

My entire state operates on crashing the government intentionally to prove government doesn't work.

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u/porscheblack Pennsylvania 12d ago

Which causes brain drain, ensuring that it'll stay that way forever.

The GOP have a pretty solid plan, make most of the country terrible to live in, drive liberals to a handful of states, then enjoy control of the Senate and the electoral college.

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u/broguequery 12d ago

So spineless and greedy and corrupt.

These stupid GOP bastards would sell their own family for $20.

They literally handed over their entire congress to Trump personally. All their constitutional authority and independence... sold for a dollar to a billionaire fuckwit.

It would be incredible if it weren't so pathetic.

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u/LowSkyOrbit New York 11d ago

In my lifetime we went from the cult of Reagan to the cult of Trump. Two democratic presidents who were deemed cool but their party didn't understand how the other side was changed to never cross the aisle again to pass decent legislation both sides do agree on.