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Stinky The Clown

(68,750 posts) Tue Jul 1, 2025, 08:26 PM Jul 1

Is an interstate compact possible? [View all]

Get blue states to join in withholding taxes to the feds in the same amount the feds cut Medicaid and Snap money. And other fed schemes to starve blue states.

Withhold highway money? Withheld the same amount from the feds. Pull funding from a state university? You get the idea.

I see the key as acting as a block, not as individual states. We stand together or surely we'll hang alone.

What's that? Not legal? Do it anyway. Constitutional crisis? Really? The courts have made themselves as effective as a fart in a windstorm.

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Is an interstate compact possible? [View all] Stinky The Clown Jul 1 OP

What mechanism does a state have to withhold money taxes collected by the federal government? WhiskeyGrinder Jul 1 #1

Great minds think alike. n/t Ms. Toad Jul 1 #3

The "blue states fund red states" trope has some truth but people do think it's the states writing checks. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 1 #4

It's not a Trope - but you are correct JustAnotherGen Jul 1 #8

There is no Federal property tax MichMan Jul 2 #15

And what mechanism do you propose to use for this withholding. Ms. Toad Jul 1 #2

It's not even that its not legal, its not possible DetroitLegalBeagle Jul 1 #5

GOP can break the law every hour of the day. No one cares, and courts encourage it. Irish_Dem Jul 1 #6

If a million households JustAnotherGen Jul 1 #7

"In key Blue States could commit to not paying their taxes next April..." LudwigPastorius Jul 2 #9

Yes liberals will go to prison for not handing their money over to the Trump Crime Syndicate. Irish_Dem Jul 2 #10

He does not think we are there yet JustAnotherGen Jul 2 #14

No I'm not JustAnotherGen Jul 2 #13

Most people pay federal taxes through payroll withholding Shrek Jul 2 #11

SALT Caps at $10K JustAnotherGen Jul 2 #12

"We send a dollar to DC - we get back .75 cents." MichMan Jul 2 #16