Nelson bluffs on stopping Federal tax payments

[Anonymous]

DCUM discussed this idea a while back.

Is there a practical way for a State (not individuals acting independently) to stop Federal tax payments?

Would the Governor encourage residents to decrease Federal withholding from their paychecks?


https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/06/newsom-floats-withholding-federal-taxes-00393386

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
DCUM discussed this idea a while back.

Is there a practical way for a State (not individuals acting independently) to stop Federal tax payments?

Would the Governor encourage residents to decrease Federal withholding from their paychecks?


https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/06/newsom-floats-withholding-federal-taxes-00393386

The practical part might be difficult, but this is 100% going to happen at some point. The key is that state governments will have to devise a plan that shields their citizens from individual prosecution by the IRS - i.e. - you still pay your federal taxes, but the state intercepts some of the money before it goes to the federal government. One avenue might be to require filers to file either through state software or at a bank subject to state regulation.

Democrats have been far too passive in pushing for equal representation in Congress and on the Supreme Court, resulting in the minoritarian rule we have now. If the minority isn't going to acknowledge the desires of the majority, the majority is going to have to assert its power somehow.

[Anonymous]

Net payer states like NY, CA, and NJ collectively pay about $250 billion to the Treasury more than they receive in federal funding. Every year.

If the dipshits behind the scenes in this administration wanna play hardball with threats to withhold federal funding over false claims, they better get a helmet.

[Anonymous]

Ugh, Newsom not Nelson

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Net payer states like NY, CA, and NJ collectively pay about $250 billion to the Treasury more than they receive in federal funding. Every year.

If the dipshits behind the scenes in this administration wanna play hardball with threats to withhold federal funding over false claims, they better get a helmet.

Think of how nice blue states could be if we didn’t have to pay for the red welfare states.