Posted on 03/11/2021 7:28:37 AM PST by SeekAndFind
The Democrats' $1.9 trillion stimulus bill is a monster of public spending with the prime aim of rewarding political cronies. Free-spending blue cities and states get bailouts, along with unions with mismanaged gold-plated pensions for their members. The losers, of course, are the savers and taxpayers. That's because it won't be long before Argentina-style inflation and Europe-style taxes kick in to pay for these benefits to leftists.
The only hope is to grow the economy so that the debt can be paid, which is something Americans often know how to do.
But unlike other bills, this one contains a poison pill, to ensure that red states and cities inclined to cut taxes are stopped dead in their tracks.
Reason magazine's Eric Boehm has located and identified this slimy, sneaky little rider:
Buried within the $1.9 trillion emergency spending bill that Congress sent to President Joe Biden's desk on Wednesday is a provision that could effectively block states from cutting taxes if they accept federal bailout dollars.
That provision, added to the bill by the Senate last week, could put a halt to several states' plans to cut taxes this year as a way to stimulate economic growth following the COVID-19 pandemic. Depending on how the text is interpreted, the measure could also make it illegal for states to create new tax credit programs like the ones that have become a popular mechanism for expanding school choice. Critics say this expansion of federal control over state policymaking is murky at best, and potentially unconstitutional.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Unconstutional
Do you really think SCOTUS feels the same way?
It would be nice if declaring this Unconstitutional resulted in the tanking of the entire bill.
If Congress can impose taxing obligations onto states, then how are the states able to guarantee a representative government of the people of those states?
-PJ
It would also be nice if those proposing unconstitutional measures would be stripped of office, given that they don’t understand the nature, responsibility, and purpose of their jobs.
Only if you can convince the Supreme Court Jesters.........
This country is lost. SCOTUS won’t uphold the 10th amendment soon. I’d bet the farm on that.
The irony is this comes on the heels of the Court saying States don’t have Standing to insist other States obey their own laws.
The only way this could be deemed Constitutional would be to make Federal bailout funds contingent on these tax policies. They cannot dictate state tax policies in any other fashion.
Swamp politics - bump for later...
Have you noticed the Democrats never talk about the Constitution now that own the US
Unconstitutional, courts - what antiquated, white supremacist ideas. The corruption is total and the law is just another tool of oppression by the Marxist rulers of our post constitutional police state.
SCrOTUS
Suggest states impound all taxes collected and not take any feral money and do what they want.
A note to the US Congress, any provision that forbids any state receiving federal funds to drop taxes can also be written in the future to forbid any state receiving federal funds to raise taxes!
SCOTUS is no judge of Constitutionality anymore
Women and children in California and New York will be hurt most.
Here’s an unintended consequence:. If states also adopt the first 10.3k of unemployment non-taxable, conforming with the new federal tax rules, would that be an “illegal” tax cut?
Stripped of office and their liberty for 5-10 years.
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