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| California Could Cut Off Feds In Response To Trump Threats |
| 2017-01-29 |
| [SANFRANCISCO.CBSLOCAL] The state of Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, is studying ways to suspend financial transfers to Washington after the Trump administration threatened to withhold federal money from sanctuary cities, KPIX 5 has learned. 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 im The federal funds pay for a variety of state and local programs from law enforcement to homeless shelters. "California could very well become an organized non-payer," said Willie Brown, Jr, a former speaker of the state Assembly in an interview recorded Friday for KPIX 5’s Sunday morning news. "They could recommend non-compliance with the federal tax code." California is among a handful of so-called "donor states," which pay more in taxes to the federal Treasury than they receive in government funding. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #17 The only way th idea of a donor state works is if you count the Federal Income taxes paid by residents of California. The only way California could possibly control that would be to force companies that withhold on behalf of residents to not give the money over to the feds and open themselves up to all sorts of federal reprisals and confiscations (no company in their right mind would open that door). So this is nonsense as far as I can figure. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2017-01-29 22:47 |
| #16 There is a movement for much of rural northern California to break away. If California withholds funding from the Feds, expect much of the "State of Jefferson" counties to do the same to the state. This could get interesting fast. |
| Posted by: AuburnTom 2017-01-29 21:29 |
| #15 It becomes our West Coast Guantanamo - all of San Diego County
OK. That works for me. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2017-01-29 16:17 |
| #14 Democrats, the same today as yesterday. Setting up confederate states. |
| Posted by: newc 2017-01-29 15:46 |
| #13 Let them try. Will be a fantastic show. Would IRS just seize state assets in bank accounts? |
| Posted by: Iblis 2017-01-29 14:41 |
| #12 Might also wanna think of all those NATIONAL PARKS |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-01-29 12:36 |
| #11 and where else would you station all those Navy ships in San Diego Bay? It becomes our West Coast Guantanamo - all of San Diego County |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-01-29 12:35 |
| #10 "Malfeasance :the commission (as by a public official) of a wrongful or unlawful act involving or affecting the performance of one's duties ". Merriam Webster Perhaps it's time to charge mayors and governors for gross violation of the public trust through conspiracy to commit seditious acts? Just the whiff of such actions would have a profound effect on the domestic enemies of the Constitution. |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2017-01-29 11:37 |
| #9 and where else would you station all those Navy ships in San Diego Bay? Seattle or Pearl. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-01-29 11:35 |
| #8 I ain't messing with the IRS just to make Willie Brown happy. But, B, do NOT mess with Camp Pendleton. The goons that run Los Angeles and Orange counties would like nothing better than to let their developer buddies rape that land with their bulldozers. You'd be doing them a favor and you don't want to do that. Same thing goes for Miramar Marine Corps Air Base and where else would you station all those Navy ships in San Diego Bay? There must be better ways to put the hurt on California politicians than pulling out the military. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2017-01-29 11:28 |
| #7 Donor state??? I would like to see the creative math on that one. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2017-01-29 10:54 |
| #6 How much electricity does CA produce? How much do they consume? |
| Posted by: airandee 2017-01-29 07:53 |
| #5 Something a bit more subtle. Since they're keen on leaving the Union anyway. Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC). |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-01-29 06:45 |
| #4 Another point, what exactly do they do when Trump announces that since California isn't sending in the tax money required by law, they shall receive no Federal benefit programs? I can just imagine what happens when the Black communities in LA wind up without food-stamps because of illegal immigrants. |
| Posted by: Charles 2017-01-29 06:00 |
| #3 Water? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-01-29 04:53 |
| #2 I'm going to guess that given how important CA's electoral votes are to Dems, there are way more dollars flowing from the Feds to CA than the other way around. Also, CA doesn't have any more headroom to raise taxes. They might want to think long and hard before they go down this road. |
| Posted by: gorb 2017-01-29 02:31 |
| #1 Fake news...wishful thinking on behalf of some forlorn lefty writer. |
| Posted by: Tennessee 2017-01-29 01:48 |