Taxation without representation is theft. Pay nothing blue states.
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Taco is such a petty little jackass.
I'm waiting for the blue states that fund the whole government to rise up at this point.
Trump is fucking disgusting.
I wish blue states would figure out a way to stop paying federal taxes / halt in-state employers from taking them out of paychecks.
Basically impossible, I know, but one can dream.
State needs to withhold federal taxes and fund their own emergency funds.
Federal taxes don't pass through the state, there is no way they could withhold then. Citizens pay federal taxes directly to the federal government.
Only because the state follows Federal laws. They could pass a law that makes businesses and payroll companies direct the payroll deductions somewhere other than the IRS.
They could also evict the IRS from the state, cancel all IRS court cases, etc. They aren't seceding, they just aren't going to send money to the Feds, only to use it to actively hurt them back.
Make Colorado a tax sanctuary state, but to take advantage of it, you have to have a net worth UNDER $1 million. Anybody with more than that will be hit with heavy STATE taxes.
It would be a crazy shit show, but that's the point. Fuck up the system, and make them fight for their money. Maybe next time, they won't be so keen on retaliation.
My mother voted for the fuck and he denied services to my state when we had wildfires. It's so cool how he doesn't care about all the rural voters on his side in my state. Fuck them because fuck me because I voted against him. It's awesome. Way to go, Mom.
I remember when George Bush's highly inept handling of Hurricane Katrina drew a lot of criticism and many have said that the democrats are trying to divide the country and that maybe democrat cities should be left to rot...
That is no longer bluster. There was a time when disaster relief had to happen no matter what. But we've already seen Trump gloat over the California fires earlier this year! Did people forget about that?
Is there any sort of legal or social contract here that the state(s) could argue is being violated, as grounds to draw up a resolution of secession? Would such a threat do any good? Maybe this isn't the 'hill to die on' but... what will be, if anything? Am I out of question marks? :p
I'm not American so I don't know if this even makes sense, but at what point will states have to take things to another level in their relationship with the Federal government?
Varies from State to State. New Hampshire has one of the best IMO
https://www.nh.gov/glance/state-constitution/bill-rights
[Art.] 7. [State Sovereignty.]
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The people of this State have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves as a free, sovereign, and independent State; and do, and forever hereafter shall, exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction, and right, pertaining thereto, which is not, or may not hereafter be, by them expressly delegated to the United States of America in Congress assembled.
The realistic answer is lawsuits. They take a long time and don’t make headlines but there’s probably been more successes than most people realize.
There’s regional health cooperatives, for things like vaccine recommendations now that CDC is mostly conspiracy theory nonsense.
Trump may have withdrawn the us from the Paris Accords, but 24 US states and many cities committed to the climate initiatives. There’s less they can do as Trump rolls back efficiency standards and air pollution regulations but they do have control over local issues like energy portfolio standards, building requirements, insulation and appliance updates, incentives for businesses and homeowners, etc. my state still has some pretty compelling incentives for energy improvements
Trump is a traitor
Why would he have any say? Isn't this type of thing decided by the panels for the committees/departments that were funded? He signs the budget, but shouldn't directly control what every single department does.
It’ll be another significant milestone toward fascism if and when Trump tries to pardon that election denier …… the president has no say over state crimes, only federal. We all know he’ll try but will is cult let him get away with an even more blatant abuse of authority?
So if the federal government is going to take your taxes and refuse to provide you the services you pay those taxes for...What exactly is being part of that federation doing for you?
Ironically this is the stuff the Republicans have fetishized for decades
https://www.nh.gov/glance/state-constitution/bill-rights
[Art.] 10. [Right of Revolution.] back to top Government being instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security, of the whole community, and not for the private interest or emolument of any one man, family, or class of men; therefore, whenever the ends of government are perverted, and public liberty manifestly endangered, and all other means of redress are ineffectual, the people may, and of right ought to reform the old, or establish a new government. The doctrine of nonresistance against arbitrary power, and oppression, is absurd, slavish, and destructive of the good and happiness of mankind.
(Emphasis mine)
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