Chris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Politics@beehaw.org · 1 day agoFederal judge says Trump administration must restore disaster money to Democratic statesapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up155
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minus-squareaarch0x40@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoBlue states could just stop sending the money that mostly red states rely on
minus-squarecattywampas@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·23 hours agoThere’s not really a way to do that. People pay the fed tax money directly, the states don’t do it.
minus-squareaarch0x40@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-223 hours agoBlue states are discussing the options to implement such a system https://calmatters.org/economy/2025/06/could-california-really-withhold-tax-money-from-the-u-s-if-trump-cuts-federal-funds/
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·23 hours agoI’m always amused when people don’t understand the difference between an impossibility and something that just wasn’t being done before.
minus-squareP03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 hours agoAnd then when the army comes to force the issue, then what?
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 hours agoOh jeez buddy the threat of violence better just roll over and present ourselves like good little liberals
minus-squareTehPers@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 hours agoThe linked article also says that they aren’t sure how CA would hold back taxes. That they’re considering it an option anyway is interesting, though. Maybe they have a way they just haven’t shared yet.
Blue states could just stop sending the money that mostly red states rely on
There’s not really a way to do that. People pay the fed tax money directly, the states don’t do it.
Blue states are discussing the options to implement such a system
https://calmatters.org/economy/2025/06/could-california-really-withhold-tax-money-from-the-u-s-if-trump-cuts-federal-funds/
I’m always amused when people don’t understand the difference between an impossibility and something that just wasn’t being done before.
And then when the army comes to force the issue, then what?
Oh jeez buddy the threat of violence better just roll over and present ourselves like good little liberals
The linked article also says that they aren’t sure how CA would hold back taxes.
That they’re considering it an option anyway is interesting, though. Maybe they have a way they just haven’t shared yet.