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FBaggins

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1. I can't see how that could work

Reply to augyboston (Original post)

Mon Jun 30, 2025, 06:28 AM

Jun 30

California sends comparatively little to the federal government. California citizens pay quite a bit in taxes… but it doesn’t go through the state government on its way to the feds. There’s no way for the state to tell a corporation that it should send payroll withholding to the state instead of the IRS.

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Time for the Blue donor states to stand up to this tyranny and time for the Red dependent states to feel the pain. [View all] augyboston Jun 30 OP

I can't see how that could work FBaggins Jun 30 #1

If the state is the employer... mwooldri Jun 30 #7

Yes and no FBaggins Jun 30 #12

Plus underfunding your Social Security account MichMan Jun 30 #13

Very bad idea - the individual is still responsbile whopis01 Jun 30 #15

Yeah, let's do the red state/blue state SADAR Jun 30 #2

Right? In the vast corporate media landscape, it won't look the flex it should be. n/t Beartracks Jun 30 #9

To what end? WhiskeyGrinder Jun 30 #3

This is a uniquely terrible idea. Individuals and businesses who had their taxes intercepted and seized by their state tritsofme Jun 30 #4

One of the worst ideas purple_haze Jun 30 #5

Is an appealing concept that's utterly impossible to put into practice. CincyDem Jun 30 #6

Perhaps this idea should be extended down to the city level as well MichMan Jun 30 #8

On an individual level kkmarie Jun 30 #10

Most of the major military installations The Wizard Jun 30 #11

California has the highest number of military bases of any state with 35. MichMan Jun 30 #18

This is bad in far more ways than I can even process SSJVegeta Jun 30 #14

If there's going to be Blue States & Red States, then perhaps it's time to retire the name, "United" States. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Jun 30 #16

Doesn't sound very progressive MichMan Jun 30 #17