r/politics • u/sweatycat New York • 1d ago

California to Negotiate Trade With Other Countries to Bypass Trump Tariffs

https://www.newsweek.com/california-newsom-trade-trump-tariffs-2055414
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u/SheibeForBrains Michigan 1d ago

This was my thought as well. It makes me wonder how far out we are from withholding federal all taxes and in general, giving the orange menace the nose thumb.

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u/EvaUnit_03 Georgia 1d ago

i mean, it is his plan to stop income tax. And he plans on doing away with all the social programs that you get taxed. So what taxes will be paid into the federal government at that point other than things like tariffs?

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u/SheibeForBrains Michigan 1d ago

I’d love to see how much money the govt brings in on tariffs after Americans end their consumerism habits VS income tax. That’d be a neat side by side.

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u/TiredEsq 1d ago

That makes no sense logistically. You don’t pay federal taxes to California who then pay it to the federal government. This would involve the California government directing its citizens not to file taxes. I do not envision tons of people agreeing and, even if they do, they risk agents with guns showing up at their doors.

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u/SheibeForBrains Michigan 1d ago

They would in a secession. And that’s the discussion here.