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/Bruce-7891 1d ago

I'd love this but it sounds illegal as F. A tariff is a tax and a state can't independently decide it's not going to participate in federal taxes.

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u/jrblockquote 1d ago

The tariffs are illegal as F. We are not in an economic state of emergency. Fake president has no authority to impose those sanctions.

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u/DamnMyNameIsSteve 1d ago

I thought the power of the purse belonged to the house.

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u/Handleton 1d ago

Only if the house wields and protects it. Nobody seems to understand that Project 2025 is a path to the President being a dictator and Trump has enacted 43% of it already.

It doesn't need to be at 100% for it to be a problem.