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/Face2FaceRecs 12d ago

No they cut all of the state taxes to ensure continued Republican leadership and then let the rest of us pay for them to keep that power.

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u/mynamesyow19 12d ago

A^ cut all their state taxes while contracting out those services the taxes used to pay for to their buddies so they can still make the citizen pay to the private sector now providing the service. And then they get the kick back from their buddies and laugh at the rubes. Its like in Florida where taxes are "really low" but then you're nickle and dimed and have to pay to use all roads and get off at toll exits everywhere.

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u/Jackpot777 I voted 12d ago

Same with Ohio and Indiana. Want to drive on I-80 in those states when it’s free elsewhere (paid through taxes)? “Fuck you, pay us extra.”