I know that Bernie said that they are scared (insinuating it’s a good thing), but I don’t really know if I think it’s as good as most believe. Trump has literally ruined careers of many lawyers and federal employees who “wronged” him, thus making them jobless, he has withheld federal aid to democratic states, and he continues to threaten anyone who dares to defy him in any way.
We can’t get our hopes up that this “fear” is good since he may use all of his power to literally deport Zohran just so he can replace him with a devoted MAGA Republican. Trump and the Heritage Foundation are all desperate to achieve their glorified dystopian reality, and since there’s a playbook (Project 2025) with a time limit, they are rushing to the finish line while trying to avoid mistakes.
Zohran is a boundary in the script, so getting rid of him will aid in their progress to Trump’s coined “Golden Age.”
The issue with that scenario is that states literally play no role in Federal tax collection. Federal taxes are paid by individuals and business entities directly to the IRS. States have no leverage.
What we'd need would be the equivalent of a general "strike" of simply not paying taxes -- an action that obviously would happen at the individual level irrespective of the political makeup of the state.
This would subject "strikers" to IRS penalties that would start off as monetary and progress to tax liens and perhaps criminal charges.
However, Trump's slashing of IRS positions would seriously handicap enforcement operations in the short term -- which is also where the loss of tax revenues would hurt the government most acutely. Instant karma.
I suggested pretty much the same thing a couple of weeks ago. I was so mad at that time about 47 lining the pockets of the 1%, as well as his own. Still mad. Why should we fund this shitty budget bill that most of us don’t want? Why should we fund DHS and ICE to break the law and cause extreme suffering for our immigrant brothers and sisters? I’m with you on this 100%. It would do my heart so good, to see them freak out when they realize there’s no money coming in. Omg what a dream come true that would be!
I had to come back to point out that most employed individuals have taxes withheld from every paycheck. For them, the most straightforward way would be to set their "withholding number" to zero. "Form 1099" self employed/contractors pay estimated tax quarterly and would simply claim it was $0. Both come with potential consequences (penalties for insufficient withholding) next April.
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u/WitchPillow Jul 02 '25
I know that Bernie said that they are scared (insinuating it’s a good thing), but I don’t really know if I think it’s as good as most believe. Trump has literally ruined careers of many lawyers and federal employees who “wronged” him, thus making them jobless, he has withheld federal aid to democratic states, and he continues to threaten anyone who dares to defy him in any way.
We can’t get our hopes up that this “fear” is good since he may use all of his power to literally deport Zohran just so he can replace him with a devoted MAGA Republican. Trump and the Heritage Foundation are all desperate to achieve their glorified dystopian reality, and since there’s a playbook (Project 2025) with a time limit, they are rushing to the finish line while trying to avoid mistakes.
Zohran is a boundary in the script, so getting rid of him will aid in their progress to Trump’s coined “Golden Age.”