As tensions escalate between California and the Trump administration over immigration, another potential battlefront is emerging over taxes.

The spat began with reports that the Trump administration is considering cutting funding for California’s university system, the largest higher education system in the nation with about 12% of all U.S. enrolled students.

In response, Gov. Gavin Newsom wrote Friday afternoon in a social media post that California provides about $80 billion more in taxes to the federal government than it receives in return.

“Maybe it’s time to cut that off, @realDonaldTrump,” Newsom said.

  • dohpaz42
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    125 days ago

    I’m all for it too, but keep in mind that successors to dictators are never better; only worse. It only ever gets worse.

    ~Hide your kids. Hide your couch!~

    • @GuyFawkes@midwest.social
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      185 days ago

      Yeah but there seems to be something about this fucking guy. I don’t think his successor will have the same draw.

      • dohpaz42
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        34 days ago

        This dictator is merely a puppet; plain and simple. The real Palpatine is someone else. Maybe it’s Putin, or maybe it’s Thiel. We haven’t gotten to that episode yet.

        • @samus12345@sh.itjust.works
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          24 days ago

          But this puppet is who the cultists at the bottom support. They won’t get their support for anyone else so easily, if they even need them at that point.

          • dohpaz42
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            14 days ago

            I would argue that now that the GOP has all three branches of government, Darth Trump is expendable.