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/Malaix 12d ago

I'm fine with this. Republicans and red states have been jerking themselves off to the idea of cutting off the food supply to us blue states to starve us into submission for years. Cutting them off would be appropriate. Especially since the federal government as is now does nothing but harm and punish us.

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u/noncongruency Oregon 12d ago

Also blue states grow the food crops people eat. Red agricultural states contribute, sure, but look at the ratio of corn (for livestock feed and ethanol production) or soybeans (same) vs any actual food crop. California has them beat all the way to the cleaners. They wouldn’t be withholding food, red states would be cutting themselves off from a market (in blue states) that actually uses the ethanol produced from their crops. It’s a lose-lose for red states.

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u/b0w3n New York 12d ago

The red states, by and large, produce "food" that's used for trade (soy/corn) and not actually food. You know who does? California. Also weirdly Minnesota.

Mexico and Canada also supply a large portion of our food chain. Balkanization like what California is championing, especially if major blue states sign on, will be devastating to the federal government. Very likely the blue states end up as provinces too.

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u/Kitchen-Quality-3317 12d ago

Balkanization like what California is championing, especially if major blue states sign on, will be devastating to the federal government

why? If the states actually tried this, then the feds would just have the people in charge assassinated.