I mentioned in a earlier post that the state of California….
With the World’s FOURTH Largest Economy SENDS Washington OVER $600 BILLION annually….
But send’s MORE then it receives back by Tens of Billions.
Gov. Newsom says he’s considering having his State Hold on to the Federal Revenue it collects if Trump wants to screw the Democratic state?
Hmmmmm?
This back and forth is N OT gonna come thru….
But as we have seen Over and OVER?
Donald DOES Like to threaten people and organiztion’s with witholding taxpayer money if they don’t do what HE wants….
He’s NOT had success on his efforts increasingly….
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday suggested California consider withholding tens of billions in annual federal tax dollars amid reports Donald Trump is preparing funding cuts targeting the state.
Newsom’s suggestion came after CNN reported the president was considering a “full termination” of federal grant funding for California’s universities.
“Californians pay the bills for the federal government. We pay over $80 BILLION more in taxes than we get back,” the Democratic governor said in an X post Friday afternoon, referencing a recent analysis from the Rockefeller Institute that California contributed about $83 billion more in federal taxes in 2022 than it received back from Washington.
Maybe it’s time to cut that off,” he added.
White House spokesperson Kush Desai, asked to comment on Newsom’s post, threw cold water on mass funding cuts but blasted California for what he said were “lunatic anti-energy, soft-on-crime, pro-child mutilation, and pro-sanctuary policies.”
“The Trump administration is committed to ending this nightmare and restoring the California Dream,” Desai said in a statement. “No final decisions, however, on any potential future action by the Administration have been made, and any discussion suggesting otherwise should be considered pure speculation.”
Trump has wielded federal funding as leverage to push its politics on California before. The president last month threatened to choke off the state’s cash flow if a transgender athlete participated in a state girls’ track meet….
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Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas also floated withholding federal taxes Friday in a post on the social media site Bluesky shortly before Newsom raised the issue. He dismissed the rumored grant cancellations as “unconstitutional and vindictive.”
“We’re the nation’s economic engine and the largest donor state, and deserve our fair share,” Rivas wrote. “I’ll use every legal and constitutional tool available to defend CA — we must look at every option, including withholding federal taxes.”
State Senate Pro Tem Mike McGuire similarly vowed to defend California from “this President’s illegal and unprecedented attack on our state”….
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Two New York mayoral candidates, former state Assemblymember Michael Blake and current state Sen. Jessica Ramos, similary suggested withholding the city’s federal tax dollars during a Democratic primary debate Wednesday evening….
image…ABC News
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