Friendly reminder that California (a common enemy of MAGA) brings in more federal dollars than they spend.
In contrast, most red states are economic mooches.
Maybe we only let states with a net positive income vote at all?
(Not actually suggesting this, but it feels like all ideas are on the table recently. I guess we should go by the numbers).
So trump wants to defund the cops!
There’s a really good quote from some ancient greek philosopher that basically says the state can only exist as a political entity for as long as it provides something that its citizens consider a fair trade for taxes. once that fair trade vanishes, the state will collapse.
Does it feel like that now?
Trade offer!
The state gets 40% of my income.
And in return
I get to be complict in a cruise-missile double tap on a girl’s elementary school.
Canada should offer to let states de-funded by trump to become the 11th, 12th 13th provinces and so on.
Fuck that. Americans showed their true selves here, and Canada wants nothing to do with them anymore.
No thanks.
Or just… Be it’s own country?
No, we’re good with Canada. We already have a lot more in common than with the flyover states
Blatantly illegal thing #10567 and counting
Then those states whom of which are less likely to bend to the will of this pedophile orangutan, whom of which basically subsidizes the economy and social services for red states, should not pay federal taxes due to the lack of monies and services they wouldn’t receive from the baboon federal government.
It’s not that simple. The tax money doesn’t flow through the state; it is paid directly from companies and individuals to the Federal government. The state would have to figure out a mechanism to disrupt that process, and it would end up being a Constitutional crisis (not that we shouldn’t have had several in the last few years already…).
I’m tired of hearing it’s not that simple. No. It is. It’s not easy, but it is quite simple.
States should do it. When the legal challenges come, good. It doesn’t fucking matter if it sticks or not.
Maybe it’ll slow them down. Maybe we just need to flood the zone like they do with nonstop, ridiculous, clearly illegal BULLSHIT.
We shouldn’t take action because it would invoke a constitutional crisis while recognizing we already have had them (and should have had MORE)?
They’re LITERALLY interfering with the machinery of our democracy, and we don’t even have enough fucking conviction to TRY FUCKING WITH TAX REVENUE to stop them because ‘it’s not that simple.’
They TRAFFICK AND RAPE CHILDREN but let’s make sure we only do things we know will absolutely work. The kids can wait.
I didn’t say it shouldn’t be done. Just that it’s logistically and politically complicated.
Create a free automated tax service run by the state, that operates as a pass-through for all taxes, including those eventually flowing to the fed. Stop passing fed portions through and crack down on banks that facilitate the IRS seeking redress directly from tax payers rather than the state public tax service entity.
Guess there’s no point being in the union.
California or Washington or fuck it Texas should declare secession the day before the 250th and stain the whole thing. Would be really funny
Illinois (Not Chicago) is already attempting to perform secession so they can be a new state separate from the rest of Illinois (Chicago). Maybe the rest of Illinois (Chicago) could let Illinois (not Chicago) go as a peace offering while also leaving the union? Possibly join Canada like the other poster offered.
They’re actively trying to be Iowa?
Demented old man shakes fist at clouds.
