Posted on 01/28/2017 3:15:13 PM PST by Rockitz
With secession threats looming, the state of California is reportedly studying ways to suspend financial transfers to Washington after the Trump administration threatened to withhold federal money from sanctuary cities.
With California counties among the Top 10 who stand to lose tax-payer funding for providing sanctuary to illegal immigrants...
KPIX5 reports that officials are looking for money that flows through Sacramento to the federal government that could be used to offset the potential loss of billions of dollars’ worth of federal funds if President Trump makes good on his threat to punish cities and states that don’t cooperate with federal agents’ requests to turn over undocumented immigrants, a senior government source in Sacramento said.
The federal funds pay for a variety of state and local programs from law enforcement to homeless shelters.
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They can’t do that AND taxes, for both people and companies go DIRECTLY to the Fed government!
We can cut off all the out of state electricity too.
Wow, times are a changin’.
I’m with Cali on this.
HUNH?
Lol, they can have their proportion of US debt, no US military bases,a trade embargo and a whole slew of things going independent means. We will see how long the worlds sixth largest economy lasts.Not to mention the migration of those who don’t want to live under a liberal dictatorship.
I suspect that the first thing that will happen is that the federal government will seize the state’s bank account, just as they would ours if we tried to scam the IRS.
At the same time, they would serve warrants on the treasurer and others.
Moonbeam Brown is a nutcase.
Maybe Trump can get Putin to run a couple of his subs up and down the coast a couple time on the surface.
Then move there and “help” them “fight the man”. LOL
I am glad you pointed that out. Federal tax payments/withholding by businesses and employers go directly to the Federal government.
The wimpy, liberal snowflakes in LA and San Francisco are no match for California patriots in central and northern California. The commies will lose big.
Federally regulated banks will comply with IRS lien requests. End of protest.
Don’t get in a peeing contest with somebody who has a bigger bladder. You’ll get wet.
If it were, for example, the Obama administration insisting upon my state to do what my state’s electorate thought was wrong or dangerous and so refused to cooperate, at the risk of federal funding cuts, I would hope my state tax handlers would do the same.
First Federal Funds to be cut from California....
Want to hear them squeal really loud....?
Social Security!!!
Cut off the gasoline, the water, the roads into the state, electricity, and they will start to starve in a few days. Time to play hardball.
“Then move there and “help” them “fight the man”. LOL”
If Cali succeeded in exempting themselves from paying federal taxes,
... then hell ya I’ll move there!
And I’m surprised that Freepers aren’t supporting this Fed tax revolt 100%
POWER is the only language liberals understand. They will do
ANYTHING to get it and keep it. THEY have their high walls
around their compounds; so to heck with the rest of us.
Never happen. No guts left in America. California will tell the Federal Government to go to hell, and they will get away with it. Remember, California is 20% illegal Mexicans and at least half of the rest are communists liberal Democrats.
Lots of military bases and other federal facilities could be closed and their resources and employees moved out of state. Wonder how that would impact the donor vs. subsidized balance?
Since they’ve signed up millions to MediCal under ACA, because the Federal government reimburses them for 95 percent, that would take a chunk out of their budget if they have to pay themselves.
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