California Gov. Gavin Newsom is floating a federal tax boycott
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is floating a federal tax boycott
California Gov. Gavin Newsom suggested withholding the state's taxes amid reports the Trump administration may cut funding for the state's universities.
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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The state government isn't involved with collecting federal taxes, so how could this be done?
I don't know how they could implement this across the private sector, but the State of California has a quarter million employees for which they could probably stop sending tax withholdings to the feds.
According to this random site I found Googling, it's around $230M every month.