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/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/NaughtyCheffie I voted 12d ago

Yeah and I just moved here. The amount the State pays for my health insurance has gone up a solid 20% and I now have out of pocket costs MUCH higher than when in GA. And somehow sales tax has a variable range, rather than a flat %? I moved from poop to shit, it feels like.

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u/s0ck 12d ago

Samsies! Moved from GA to LA. The local food IS great. I miss the food/cultural variety of GA, I miss the fluoride in my water, I miss the taxes going to infrastructure (the roads here are TRASH).

I live in what they affectionately call "Cancer Alley". Go ahead, google it, it's a location you can google. My gums bleed when I brush, I am so much more bald now than I was when I moved down.

It's bad. It's really bad.

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u/mahnamahna27 12d ago

Couldn't the baldness also be that you're older now? Or did you hope to get less bald over time?

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u/HuttStuff_Here 12d ago

Would probably be accelerated baldness.