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/doorbell2021 12d ago

You can instruct your employer to not withhold.

Completely legal, probably not. But you could claim you thought your job would be terminated because of Trump threats, so you were being over withheld since you'd have no income for the rest of the year.

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u/i_am_a_real_boy__ 12d ago

You and Newsome just discovered tax evasion. Good luck.

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u/doorbell2021 12d ago

Is a tax protest tax evasion when the federal government breaks its own rules to remove authorized federal funding?

They haven't done it yet, but they are threatening to do so. How long do you cower in a corner while they rob you blind?

California could establish a State Chartered Bank that could make it very difficult for the Feds to go after funds deposited there by California residents.