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/Am_I_AI_or_Just_High 1d ago

Since Cali is has a bigger economy than nearly every other country, this is very possible and will make trump look even dumber. Also you don't need GPT to calculate "no more tariffs"

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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/oxero 1d ago edited 1d ago

Considering the amount of illegal activity being done currently by the Trump administration, where does the breaking point even begin?

Anyone with a brain and some resemblance of critical thinking knows these tariffs are going to ruin people's lives. They are a blatant tax on the working class which California absolutely didn't help vote for and it's going to cripple our country.

Seriously, we are now traveling well past the point taking the high ground does anything for the people. If they can find some kind of loop hole to get around these bogus tariffs, more power to them. It's going to end up saving their voters, and at the least show they are looking out for them.