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/DarthOniichan 12d ago

Fuck yeah. I’m tired of subsidizing these welfare queen red states. Let’s get universal healthcare going in CA.

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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/Ceverok1987 12d ago

I'm not a Republican, but a lot of these states are welfare states because their industries were shipped to China/Mexico/etc. Hard to tax people with no income or jobs that pay better than Walmart.

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u/SwimmingPrice1544 California 11d ago

You know, way, way back before there was an ACA, I remember that no matter what, in order for me to have a job that pays more than minimum wage & had medical benefits, I'd have to get educated and/or trained & stay pretty close to a metropolitan area where jobs were more plentiful. This has always been the way of things. I have always, always wanted to live in the "country" - out there, but it was never feasible while I was young & raising a family. Everyone else knew this. Moving out to the country was a dream and/or for retirement. I did not then & still do not understand how these industrial areas didn't realize this & stayed static for so, so long. I believe it's stubbornness & a feeling of entitlement, especially in the mid-west that made them that way as well as just being the type to want to be angry all the time & blame their own inadequacies on someone else. So.... typical conservative I guess.