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As tensions escalate between California and the Trump administration over immigration, another potential battlefront is emerging over taxes.

The spat began with reports that the Trump administration is considering cutting funding for California's university system, the largest higher education system in the nation with about 12% of all U.S. enrolled students.

In response, Gov. Gavin Newsom wrote Friday afternoon in a social media post that California provides about $80 billion more in taxes to the federal government than it receives in return.

"Maybe it's time to cut that off, @realDonaldTrump," Newsom said.

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 66 points 4 days ago

What is a donor state?

Indeed, cbsnews. What is a “donor state”?

Maybe if you could use that term a few dozen more times, other outlets could pick it up and it would eventually back up into Fox News’ talking points where they’d have to either lie utterly, or risk their viewers’ comprehension that red states take money from blue states. Charity, let’s say. MAGA heads would temporarily be offline.

[–] HexadecimalSky@lemmy.world 62 points 4 days ago (11 children)

I've been talking to alot of people about something like this. If CA didn't pay federal tax, and all of it went to state, CA would make more money. Don't want to incite insurrection...but I think we could do alright by ourselves if push came to shove.

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[–] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 19 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If the military was being deployed before for so little reason then hold on to your butts, the entire US military will be thrown in to the mix and California will be treated as an occupied state in no time if they touch the money.

[–] localhost443@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Doubt they'll be paying much taxes if everyone is a prisoner in their own homes

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[–] Foni@lemmy.zip 26 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I would like to leave this here as a warning, because it seems relevant to me.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichstag_fire

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[–] forrcaho@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Ok, this is an idea I had after reading numerous comments on this post. You're all asking how this would work ... hear me out.

California declares its own currency, the "California dollar". Wages earned in California dollars wouldn't be taxed like US Dollars.

There are some issues to work out; I think the IRS does tax your foreign assets ... some ... but I think that this scheme could work.

[–] anachrohack@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

Economically, it would be an uphill battle. The US dollar is strong because it's backed by decades of sound monetary policy (that will go right out the window when jerome powell's tenure is up) and a AAA credit rating for treasury bonds (that will disappear when the Republicans in congress finally drive us off a cliff) . A Californian dollar would be untrustworthy for a while as its central bank would need time to build trust

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[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 34 points 4 days ago (2 children)

There is no way Newsom has this much balls. There is no way he could possible be this based.

Right? Golly, I hope he proves me wrong.

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[–] bizzle@lemmy.world 34 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I don't like Gavin Newsom, but I really hope he does this. It would be so funny 🥲

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[–] itisileclerk@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago (3 children)
[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 3 days ago

Trumptard is really really really really trying to start a civil war. Amazing :/

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[–] javiwhite@feddit.uk 9 points 3 days ago
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