@philipdefranco: California Threatens To Stop Paying Taxes As Trump Threatens To Cut Funding #usa #california Trump is preparing to cut funding to California because they don’t align with his political views and California is saying that they’ll stop paying federal taxes if that happens. No state has ever attempted to stop paying federal taxes but it’s also pretty unprecedented to withhold tax funds from a state. California is the 4th largest economy in the world, pays 100B more in taxes to the federal government than it gets back, and is the largest agricultural, manufacturing, culture, and tech state in the country. They are by far the most powerful state and 1 in 8 Americans is Californian. If California stopped paying federal taxes, red states would really struggle as they require California’s taxes in order to fund their states. Currently there is a growing secession movement in California. There is a ballot initiative that is collecting signatures to have Californians vote on whether to leave the US. And a poll taken in January of this year by YouGov shows that 61% of Californians believe the state would be better off if it seceded. They are not the only ones feeling this way, MGT infamously called for a national divorce. And polling shows 1 in 4 Americans would support blue states and red states becoming two different countries.

Philip DeFranco

Open In TikTok:

Region: US

Friday 06 June 2025 22:34:49 GMT