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[–] SippyCup@lemmy.ml 16 points 3 days ago (3 children)

States hold their own elections. He can't cancel them.

If he tries, the civic contract is dead. No more taxes. No more peaceful protests.

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

No more taxes.

I've been thinking about this as the orange idiot keeps punishing states he doesn't like.

We need to rework taxes so that states take federal income tax and hold it in escrow or something so that this kind of shit can't happen anymore.

And if red states get pissy and start withholding their contributions over gay marriage or something, well, they're mostly dead weight anyway.

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

And if red states get pissy and start withholding their contributions over gay marriage or something, well, they’re mostly dead weight anyway.

Then good actually, because they'll starve the beast as well. At this point, a well-funded federal government is a curse.

[–] architect@thelemmy.club 1 points 3 days ago

No we need leaders that promise us pardons to withhold.

Fuck giving the corrupt states jack shit.

[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 3 days ago

He tried five years and two days ago. Virtually nothing was done, and he pardoned the ones who were convicted at all.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world -1 points 3 days ago

Under Martial law Trump can prevent that, and even use the military to prevent it!