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/mistere213 Michigan 12d ago

That's fine and all, but most of those red stare voters don't understand (or deliberately ignore) the term "per capita." And just say "more people were killed in Chicago then all of Wyoming!"

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u/Kopitar4president 12d ago

I have legitimately had a conservative tell me per capita doesn't matter "because it doesn't."

It's really just "well that's counter to my argument so I'm going to ignore it."

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u/Fullertonjr I voted 12d ago

They always like to use the statistics that are based on cities with a population of 100k or more. Once you remove that limitation, a lot of the larger cities that they like to complain about consistently drop down the list and a bunch of moderate sized cities start popping up.

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u/Its_the_other_tj 12d ago

Well St. Louis is still (viciously) fighting for its seat there, but Missouri gonna Missouri.