The thing that underlaid Trump’s first impeachment — impoundment — is back. And if anyone is going to do something about it, it’s gotta happen soon. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Why isn’t this being said out loud by more people?
aug 20, 2025, 2:03 pm • 0 0 • view
Asked elsewhere, but ? for you: The American Revolution started over taxation issues. Now the only reason the government has the money/power to do this is because of the funding it has due to the imbalance of tax payments vs receipts from "blue" states (CA, CT, IL, MA, MN, NJ, and WA) 1/3
aug 19, 2025, 5:29 pm • 1 0 • view
whose residents pay more to the IRS than their states receive. Is there a way for states legislate such that they would collect federal tax obligations from their residents rather than have them go directly to the IRS? They could then threaten to withhold those payments from the federal 2/3
aug 19, 2025, 5:29 pm • 1 0 • view
government should the President illegally impound funds? The only reason they can't do so is because a state's citizens are forced to contribute directly to the Feds/IRS rather than first to the state. Could be argued it is taxation w/o representation given the power imbalance & lack of recourse.3/3
aug 19, 2025, 5:29 pm • 2 0 • view
The callous indifference to suffering is deafening to me. The penchant for cruelty and violence is an addiction. "Wealth transfer and burden shifting, Child abuse, fraud and grifting." ... and murder for hire. #ReleaseEpsteinFilesNOW #OperationEpstein #EpsteinFiles bsky.app/profile/esqu...
aug 19, 2025, 5:39 pm • 0 0 • view