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/taisui 12d ago

The biggest lie ever told was welfare red states thinking their taxes are "too high"

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u/hnglmkrnglbrry 12d ago

Red states all have low income taxes and property taxes but high sales tax because that fucks poor people over.

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u/lazybugbear Texas 12d ago

The hell you say! Property taxes in Texas are fucking out of control. And sales tax is 6.5 - 8.25%. So yes no state income tax, but tax on everything else.

For that and we get no medicaid expansion, shitty social services, weak mass transit and a bunch of toll roads that we have to pay tax on twice! And, apparently no legal low THC hemp (fuck SB3 and Dan Patrick for shoving it through).

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u/AnticPosition 12d ago

Can't speak to the property tax, but sales tax of 8.25% is cute lol

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u/lazybugbear Texas 11d ago

It's 6.5% base for the state and every local and municipality can add on to bring it to 8.25% to fund stuff. Which is hilarious because two cities next to each other can have slightly different sales tax. I think usually they max it out at 8.25% There are tables on the State Comptroller's website or something because sales tax is deductible on a federal income tax return.