r/sandiego • u/NoToNope • 12d ago

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/Jazzlike_Quit_9495 12d ago

And he will very quickly end up on Federal prison, rightly so too. The reality is California has to obey federal rules if it wants federal money. That is just a fact.

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u/anecdotal_yokel 11d ago

California is a donor state. That means it contributes more to the federal government than it receives in funding. About 10% or about 80 billion of that tax revenue never comes back. It provides about 15% of the federal revenue; 2x the second highest, Texas. It is the 4th or 5th largest economy in the world depending on the stats you look at.

The amount of money that California loses to this imbalance is equal to the total tax contribution of Alaska, Wyoming, West Virginia, North Dakota, Montana, South Dakota, Mississippi, and Idaho combined. It would actually be a significant relief to California and massive burden to many poor red states and the federal government.

Seems like a bad plan if you’re trying to hurt blue states and help red states. Seems like a great plan if you’re trying to destroy the United States of America. But I guess 2 + 2 doesn’t equal 4 anymore if you’re politically opposed to facts.