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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCalifornia Will Get Help When It "Coughs Up" Undocumented Workers & Fraudulent Voters.
I believe Trump will just ignore the request because of California's stance on undocumented workers plus that fact he got his ass whipped in that state. We have a childish crazy sociopath inflicted on us by Trump deplorables.
THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RESPONSE ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE LETTER WAS RECEIVED. ANYTHING LESS IS CRIMINAL.
roamer65
(36,748 posts)I think the Chinese would be more than willing to provide adequate financial support if needed.
tinrobot
(10,927 posts)Just sayin'
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,927 posts)They'll be far ahead if that's all they do.
Deuce
(959 posts)Liberty Belle
(9,539 posts)Taxpayers pay federal taxes directly to the federal government, so unless you got millions of individuals to not pay taxes and risk having the IRS crackdown with hefty penalties or seizure of assets, I don't see how that can happen.
I wonder though, could California find new markets for its' farmers produce and just refuse to sell food to those red states, unless Trump loosens up the purse strings for California?
I like the idea of Twitter cutting off Trump for his racist and misogynistic and bullying remarks, but not sure what legal basis there would be for holding his Twitter account hostage if he won't pay California.
There may be other ideas some have here. The motion picture industry has clout....anything they can do? Can the state impose a fee on motion pictures shown outside of CA to help collect revenues?
We need some outside the box thinking here.
longship
(40,416 posts)The situation certainly suggests that a creative solution may be necessary.
But what might that be?
calimary
(81,594 posts)Of every dollar we sent to Washington DC, we get back 78 cents.
And all the while, as they take our money, they laugh at us and deride us and sneer that our votes are all illegal. They call us "libtards" and "the land of fruits and nuts and flakes" - and worse. Some of them have declared that our drought is a curse from God as punishment for gays. They speak about "San Francisco values" as a veiled derogatory reference to the gay community (the same as they often use "New York values" as an anti-Semitic putdown) and other such very deliberate and pointed insults. That shit has gone on for a LONG time. FAR too long, if you ask this Californian.
There's a proposal called "Calexit" now circulating - about California seceding from the union. Stuff like this makes me start thinking more favorably about the idea. How 'bout we KEEP our money, then? FUCK 'EM! Could the time be fast approaching in which they have to learn to limp along without us?
JI7
(89,287 posts)money since california pays more than they get back .
AllaN01Bear
(18,745 posts)show us your income taxes , sir.
meadowlander
(4,413 posts)malaise
(269,278 posts)America will help