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Alwayshopefull

(16 posts) Sun Oct 5, 2025, 02:25 PM Oct 5

Trips from California to Portland

Can the governor of California withhold funds from the federal government?

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Trips from California to Portland (Original Post) Alwayshopefull Oct 5 OP

Not legally, but since the sociopath in the WH is doing all kinds of illegal things with the blessing lostincalifornia Oct 5 #1

He can't withhold Federal Income Tax. surfered Oct 5 #2

It's you and me who pay our Federal Income Tax directly to the IRS, ie the Federal Government Hekate Oct 5 #3

I don't get this thread title. Sogo Oct 5 #4

Me neither Oeditpus Rex Oct 5 #5

lostincalifornia

(4,730 posts)

1. Not legally, but since the sociopath in the WH is doing all kinds of illegal things with the blessing

Reply to Alwayshopefull (Original post)

Sun Oct 5, 2025, 02:41 PM

Oct 5

of the six deviants in the SC, maybe they should. You know, states rights and all that.

surfered

(9,785 posts)

2. He can't withhold Federal Income Tax.

Reply to Alwayshopefull (Original post)

Sun Oct 5, 2025, 02:41 PM

Oct 5

Hekate

(99,843 posts)

3. It's you and me who pay our Federal Income Tax directly to the IRS, ie the Federal Government

Reply to Alwayshopefull (Original post)

Sun Oct 5, 2025, 04:09 PM

Oct 5

The money doesn’t pass thru the Governor’s hands.

Also, despite what my Sovereign Citizen friend tried to tell me many years ago, we can’t simply decide to not pay our own personal taxes, the reason being: we are very small, and they are very big.

Sogo

(6,708 posts)

4. I don't get this thread title.

Reply to Alwayshopefull (Original post)

Sun Oct 5, 2025, 04:33 PM

Oct 5

Oeditpus Rex

(42,960 posts)

5. Me neither

Reply to Sogo (Reply #4)

Sun Oct 5, 2025, 05:10 PM

Oct 5

But it caught my eye because my partner's going up there next week (we live in Santa Cruz). She goes every so often to do some recording in a friend's studio.

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