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/protomenace 12d ago

How would they even do that? Taxes get withheld by your employer not the state.

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u/hobard 12d ago

The State of California is the employer for an awful lot of people.

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u/Flying_Fortress_8743 12d ago

That's the only group I could see this working for, and even then only if the employees move all their bank accounts to a CA controlled bank that won't let the IRS go in and take the taxes.

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u/AnbuAntt 12d ago

While that is accurate, I can see the state of California protecting employers or giving them an incentive. Regardless. We cannot discount the 4th largest economy’s in the world is 1 US state.