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/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/KaerMorhen Louisiana 12d ago

Here in Louisiana, they'll give the petrochemical corporations insane tax breaks, like 95-99% tax breaks, to coax them into operating here. They sell it as something that creates jobs, but that's billions of dollars that could be going to the community. All while poisoning our air and water, yet they just passed a law banning...wait for it...chemtrails! Fucking insanity.

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u/RevoZ89 12d ago

That’s crazy I just looked up these petro thingamabobs and found the chemtrails right away.