• Jesus
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    36 months ago

    Sure, but if individuals don’t pay the IRS, they can do all sort of shit, including garnishing your wages.

    • @[email protected]
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      76 months ago

      They could certainly try but that requires actual enforcement and California has the economic power.

      • Jesus
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        26 months ago

        Sure, but they can just target businesses with 668 form to garnish wages of employees, and if businesses don’t comply, they can fuck with the businesses ability to conduct national or international business.

        • @[email protected]
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          96 months ago

          California has its own ports, national guard and most of the United States naval power for that side of the planet. Again they can try, it’s all well and good to say on paper but once red states light up in unrest because the government tap shuts off things get real unpredictable real fast.

          • Jesus
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            26 months ago

            The national guard is the federal reserve military and Trump can override any governor’s whenever. And given that the armed services tend to swing Republican, having them commit mass insubordination seems unlikely.

            • @[email protected]
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              56 months ago

              No. The national guard was a compromise to remove militias and this a large part of state autonomy. They are beholden to the state first and the federal government second, the national guard can be called by the president and a governor can refuse the order or recall troops if the order is contrary to “actual service of the United States”.

              Similarly military forces don’t actually swing hard right, they’re center right I’ll agree there.

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                16 months ago

                Trump would just do what Eisenhower did in the late 50’s - use the Insurrection Act to federalize the Guard.

                I’m all for a way to stick it to Trump, but not paying taxes doesn’t have an easy solution. The collection is done per person / household, enforcement can easily be done nationally by garnishing wages, and the guard can’t stop that.

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                  6 months ago

                  Bro you seen to misunderstand how payroll works.

                  If I work 8 hrs and get a paycheck that paycheck only has deductions because the payroll software calculated withholding and withheld it.

                  If I work the same 8hrs and my boss figures withholdings all they have to do it cut me a personal or business check for the correct amount and store the withholding of better yet the employee stores the withholding in bond.

                  Nothing is magically withheld automatically and teleported to the federal Treasury.