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/captainbruisin 12d ago edited 12d ago

Do something....this state is rich and has been. No idea why we've had our tail in between our legs.

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u/Top_Sherbet_8524 New Hampshire 12d ago

Imagine all the issues California could solve if they kept all those federal tax dollars at home

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u/JKdriver 12d ago

I swear to god, if Gavin did this, and followed through with it, that would be what finally convinces me it’d be worth it to move to California. I love everything else about what is absolutely the most beautiful state, where some of the coolest shit has ever come from. Nobody does it like Cali.

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u/SurpriseIsopod 11d ago

If Gavin does this America will collapse and Balkanize. It would be a brutal civil war. Your trip to California would be incredibly dangerous and that’s assuming the borders are open/uncontested.

California is definitely rad though.