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Then those states whom of which are less likely to bend to the will of this pedophile orangutan, whom of which basically subsidizes the economy and social services for red states, should not pay federal taxes due to the lack of monies and services they wouldn't receive from the baboon federal government.
It's not that simple. The tax money doesn't flow through the state; it is paid directly from companies and individuals to the Federal government. The state would have to figure out a mechanism to disrupt that process, and it would end up being a Constitutional crisis (not that we shouldn't have had several in the last few years already...).
I'm tired of hearing it's not that simple. No. It is. It's not easy, but it is quite simple.
States should do it. When the legal challenges come, good. It doesn't fucking matter if it sticks or not.
Maybe it'll slow them down. Maybe we just need to flood the zone like they do with nonstop, ridiculous, clearly illegal BULLSHIT.
We shouldn't take action because it would invoke a constitutional crisis while recognizing we already have had them (and should have had MORE)?
They're LITERALLY interfering with the machinery of our democracy, and we don't even have enough fucking conviction to TRY FUCKING WITH TAX REVENUE to stop them because 'it's not that simple.'
They TRAFFICK AND RAPE CHILDREN but let's make sure we only do things we know will absolutely work. The kids can wait.
I didn't say it shouldn't be done. Just that it's logistically and politically complicated.
Create a free automated tax service run by the state, that operates as a pass-through for all taxes, including those eventually flowing to the fed. Stop passing fed portions through and crack down on banks that facilitate the IRS seeking redress directly from tax payers rather than the state public tax service entity.