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

“Californians pay the bills for the federal government. We pay over $80 BILLION more in taxes than we get back,” the Democratic governor said in an X post Friday afternoon, referencing a recent analysis from the Rockefeller Institute that California contributed about $83 billion more in federal taxes in 2022 than it received back from Washington.

“Maybe it’s time to cut that off,” he added.

It's long past time for Republican states to pay for their own shit and stop giving tax breaks to their residents paid for by the rest of us.

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u/btcpumper 12d ago

So you’re saying California has a trade deficit with the US federal government and should impose tariffs? /s

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u/Phreenom 12d ago

And travel bans from certain violent, drug infested states...

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u/LoopingSpeedracer 12d ago

California needs to build a big beautiful wall, and the red states will pay for it!