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vegeta1 [he/him]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 24 hours ago

A healthy country that can threaten to withhold federal funding on a whim

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A healthy country that can threaten to withhold federal funding on a whim

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vegeta1 [he/him]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 24 hours ago
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  • JohnBrownsBussy2 [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    22 hours ago

    Federal taxes (income, corporate, payroll, etc…) are levied directly on individuals & firms, so there’s no mechanism for states to withhold funds.

    • LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      19 hours ago

      What if they just… turn off the financial internet???

    • ikilledtheradiostar [comrade/them, love/loves]@hexbear.net
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      Salt deductions could right? Like if states and locals had to tax more than a standard deduction

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        So like charge everyone a “fuck the feds” tax that equals their tax bill to the IRS, tell everyone to SALT deduct them, and then just refund them all the money from that tax?

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          Actually I just looked it up it’s capped at 40k and goes back to 10k in 2030. Before 2018 it was unlimited so a state could have theoretically done something like that, or used the tax money to fund socialized medicine, or ‘nationalize’ industry.

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      They can withhold the funds from public employees’ paychecks though.

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