New York floats holding back taxes and leaving the Union as roadblocks for Trump

[mystery-ak]

New York floats holding back taxes and leaving the Union as roadblocks for Trump
By
Ross O'Keefe
November 26, 2024 11:00 am
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New York state legislators have hinted at using unusual tactics to combat the incoming Trump administration, including holding back federal taxes and leaving the United States to join Canada.

State Sen. Liz Krueger, a prominent Democrat from New York City who is also the chairwoman of the state Senate Finance Committee, proposed the ideas as state Democrats only have weeks to counter President-elect Donald Trump before he takes office.

Krueger believes such thinking is warranted.

“It’s not unreasonable to think outside of the box,” Krueger told Politico.

While New York becoming a Canadian province could be a fairytale ending for Krueger, the state withholding federal taxes is only slightly more likely. The state senator hinted at such an idea if Trump chooses to send less federal funding to New York, something he has suggested if some cities won’t work with federal immigration authorities.

Trump’s “border czar,” former ICE Director Tom Homan, has put Trump’s previous threat into more concrete terms, saying he will block federal funding for states that don’t cooperate.

“That’s going to happen. I guarantee you,” Homan said.

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[DB]

That could end up working in very different ways than this fool thinks. If one state can withhold federal taxes, they all can. And then what happens??? Not what she thinks...

[DefiantMassRINO]

It would be a shame if the Federal Air Traffic controllers in New York had to miss a few days for an offsite meeting.

[Fishrrman]

"New York state legislators have hinted at using unusual tactics to combat the incoming Trump administration, including holding back federal taxes and leaving the United States to join Canada."

Your terms are accepted !

[GtHawk]

So in 202  New York contributed $294.7 billion to the Fed and received $409.9 Billion from the Fed, in 2022 they contributed 361.8 billion and received $383 billion from the Fed. I seem to recall that New York, like California has already dug a very big deficit pit, so yeah this sounds like a brilliant plan Krueger is suggesting. And all that.

[libertybele]

NY legislatures leaving the US to join Canada! Sounds like a win-win for the rest of the country. 

[Wingnut]

Does anyone really believe this bullshit?

Come on people. 

[Kamaji]

[jafo2010]

Fine.  Let them pull their nonsense.  I say close all roads leading in and out of New York.  Close the ports.  Shut them the f*** down. 

[Smokin Joe]

Fine.  Let them pull their nonsense.  I say close all roads leading in and out of New York.  Close the ports.  Shut them the f*** down.

More fun than blockading Charleston. What goes around, eventually comes around. And pull the breakers while you're at it.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Anyone honestly believe the two NY Dem leaders in the Senate and House Schumer and Jeffries would support their power being stripped away?

They have already sternly rebuked the idiotic legislator.

[Smokin Joe]

Anyone honestly believe the two NY Dem leaders in the Senate and House Schumer and Jeffries would support their power being stripped away?

They have already sternly rebuked the idiotic legislator.

They don't want their personal gravy trains to reach the end of the line.

[Kamaji]

How does this retard imagine NY will hold back federal tax receipts?  Federal tax receipts do not go through state hands, the obligation to pay is a direct federal liability, and can be enforced through federal courts and using federal enforced collection without the need for any federal agent to set foot in state court. 

Cutting states out of the loop was, in fact, one of the big motivations for getting rid of the old articles of confederation and setting up the Constitution, because under the articles the states were principally responsible for collecting revenues for the federal government and often hamstrung the federal government for state political purposes.