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Californian here.

We should stop paying federal taxes.

We have a ton of money, a ton of military installations, and 1 in 8 Americans IS a Californian. Washington and Oregon join us, and we’d be in even better shape. Canada can get in on the action too.

A felon rapist traitor and his traitor party is making our Constitution irrelevant. Time to start looking out for ourselves.

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mojofrododojo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
WA state here - it’s ridiculous that I have to subsidize chuds in Mississippi and Louisiana when they won’t even give their citizens human rights. they’re all about fiscal responsibility until it comes to paying their own fucking bills.

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- alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Federal taxes don’t actually work that way. The federal government prints its own money. All taxes effectively go into a giant shredder and are unrelated to spending.
  
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  - ayyy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    I don’t even know where to begin correcting such an insane statement. Why do you think k taxes are collected if it just gets shredded? Sadistic pleasure?
    
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    didnt1able@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    He makes a good point, it’s just to balance the inflation. Take the tax money to offset the federal reserve printing swathes of money to fund government endeavors.
    
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    Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    It’s a real theory. From what I understand though the shredder is a thought experiment, not meant to be taken seriously. They do acknowledge that you have to receive money to spend money. they just think of it like a balancing act instead of a 1 to 1 relationship.
    
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InFerNo@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
You guys need to go hang with Hawaii. Alaska can come too.

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- ayyy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  THE END
  
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  - dontpanic@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    It’s an old meme, but it checks out.
    
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- MonkeMischief@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  “But I em le’ tiiiired…”
  
  "Zen take a nap…ZEN FIRE ZE MISSLEZ!!
  
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ayyy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
If we are going to do a tax protest we will need some kind of guarantees from the state government. Otherwise going to war with the IRS will not work. The IRS always wins.

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ZombieMantis@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I’m not sure that’s feasible, since the states don’t just sign a check to the Feds once a year, it’s paid via payroll taxes. To my knowledge, there is no kind of mechanism for entire states to collectively refuse payment.

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