Federal tax withholding by states and cities

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States do not send our income tax to the federal government. Our employers do and we do

Discussion that “the only tax money that states and cities pay to the federal government is federal tax withholding on state and city employee salaries.” Documents note attempts to pass state laws to use those withheld amounts as “setoffs” against embargoed federal funds, calling such attempts legally problematic and creating potential liability for employees.

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1/14/26, 04:32 PM
Stop paying federal taxes
1/14/26, 04:28 PM
A proposed state income tax on million-dollar earners in Washington is broadly popular, an independent poll has found. Even, surprisingly, among self-identified Republicans, writes columnist Danny Westneat.
"How, again, are Dems supposed to negotiate with the Rs on the 2026 fiscal year budget (already 3.5 months late) if Trump has no intention of honoring the deals negotiated and laws passed?"
1/14/26, 04:26 PM
You have to change your w-2 so the government doesn't hold your money. I don't think most Americans are that smart.🤷‍♂️
1/14/26, 04:24 PM
Cry this guy a river. In 2024 corporate income tax =2,6% of Mo total revenue & MO is 45th in amt of state revenue it collects per person & 43rd it spends per person. amp.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-...
1/14/26, 04:21 PM
Most of the money made in America is made in those sanctuary states. If they respond by not paying taxes, who is going to support the red states that cannot support themselves?
1/14/26, 04:16 PM
I live in a blue state, California, and the federal government would be screwed if we stopped paying the federal taxes. I’m all for this. 🧐👏🏽
1/14/26, 04:16 PM
paidprotester.substack.com/p/trump-says... Trump has lost in court every time he has tried to withhold funds from states and cities based on the principle of sanctuary. He never learns. #Trump #Quakers #Sanctuary #statesrights #immigrants #immigration
1/14/26, 04:13 PM
Are they still auditing regular folks? I am about ready stop paying my taxes. No taxes without representation.
1/14/26, 04:10 PM
You mean the money that comes from the states, and is distributed by the federal government? Does he not realize that the blue states can just keep their money and call his lame assed bluff?
1/14/26, 04:08 PM
The House Finance Committee dedicated a 2¢ per gallon increase in the gas tax to RIPTA last year. Gov. McKee plans to fill RIPTA’s $14M budget gap for FY27, but that amount assumed the extra gas tax revenue. Tagging my state legislators: @rebeccakislak.bsky.social @meghankallman.bsky.social
1/14/26, 04:07 PM
Just a federal worker how they feel, as we wait to go without pay once more.
1/14/26, 04:04 PM
If Oregon dissolved it's Kicker rule it could quadruple Medicaid funding overnight.
1/14/26, 04:04 PM
Grandpa Dementia Don has no intention of sending federal checks to anyone but himself and other billionaires
1/14/26, 04:01 PM
@lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social I've realized Mr Trump hates local police departments that he can't control. The end of federal $$ to sanctuary cities, which have local police, is NOT about safety. The act to defund its local Police is about force, control & power and is a big threat to democracy
1/14/26, 04:01 PM
Every Democratic Governor must freeze Fed income tax revenue going to DC Watch the pig red states suffer and die
1/14/26, 04:00 PM
So no more fed payments given either
I think this is a lovely idea. If you MUST file, please consider filing your taxes by mail. It creates more work for the...
"I think this is a lovely idea. If you MUST file, please consider filing your taxes by mail. It creates more work for the regime and it’s harder for them to collect data this way too. Especially after they fired so many IRS employees to prevent the pedophilic elite from being audited. #sabotage"
1/14/26, 04:00 PM
You can read more about sabotage here: archive.iww.org/history/icon...
1/14/26, 03:58 PM
States should withhold federal tax payments then.
1/14/26, 03:57 PM
If a Democratic president threatens to withhold funds from Republican states and then deploy thousands of federal agents into their streets to terrorize them unless they change their laws on abortion and transgender rights, they would burn down the country.
1/14/26, 03:57 PM
I think this is a lovely idea. If you MUST file, please consider filing your taxes by mail. It creates more work for the regime and it’s harder for them to collect data this way too. Especially after they fired so many IRS employees to prevent the pedophilic elite from being audited. #sabotage
1/14/26, 03:53 PM
open.substack.com/pub/roberthu... To be clear, Trump. has no authority to “cut off” funding to any state or city. Congress controls appropriations and the president is obligated by law to carry out those appropriations.
1/14/26, 03:52 PM
@governorwalz.mn.gov @govpritzker.illinois.gov @governor.ny.gov @governor.ca.gov Blue states are going to have to funding the civil war Putin's orange fu*king bit*h is waging against us. We can't keep paying taxes so our money can be used to harm us.
1/14/26, 03:48 PM
Gov. Mike Kehoe wants voters to decide whether Missouri should eliminate its income tax
1/14/26, 03:47 PM
Every blue state needs to withhold federal funding now. No threats. Just do it.
1/14/26, 03:42 PM
Trump anuncia corte de verbas federais para cidades-santuário https://www.poder360.com.br/poder-internacional/trump-anuncia-corte-de-verbas-federais-para-cidades-santuario/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Notícias @not-cias-FlipboardBR
https://www.poder360.com.br/poder-internacional/trump-anuncia-corte-de-verbas-federais-para-cidades-santuario/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
1/14/26, 03:37 PM
"This is why #Democrats🚨simply cannot work with #Republicans in Congress on appropriations or anything else in good faith.🚨Trump will illegally seize money appropriated to Democratic states, refuse them disaster... #democracy #usa #gop #fascists #fascism 👉 Vote 'em Out!
1/14/26, 03:35 PM
Not sure everyone understands that Trump has cutoff all federal dollars to states with sanctuary cities starting Feb 1. If that is not an attack on the states...in addition to the physical brutality, constant harassment and surveillance on the ground, in the air, in our homes, in our phones.
1/14/26, 03:24 PM
Blue states stop giving this man your tax dollars.
1/14/26, 03:21 PM
Effective February 1st all Blue states will stop all tax money payments to the United States government who then disperses said money to Red states full of MAGA fucks who can’t stay employed long enough to pay their own state bills. Thank you for your attention to this matter. JNW
1/14/26, 03:19 PM
Can he withhold funds that have been appropriated?
1/14/26, 03:16 PM
King Donald the Mad says that from February 1, no state with a "sanctuary city" will receive federal funds. That's 27 [blue] states (who supply most of those federal funds). If they withold their taxes, that may be the excuse he's looking for to invike the Insurrection Act! Cue Civil War 2.0.
1/14/26, 03:14 PM
States should withhold all funds that go to the Federal Government.
Trump Announces Stunning Plan to Defund LA, NYC, Chicago, and More: ‘ALL THEY DO IS BREED CRIME AND VIOLENCE!’ Mediaite
"Trump Announces Stunning Plan to Defund LA, NYC, Chicago, and More: ‘ALL THEY DO IS BREED CRIME AND VIOLENCE!’ Mediaite"
1/14/26, 03:13 PM
He has no authority to do this; only Congress can authorise or cancel spending. Why will Congress not do its job??
1/14/26, 03:08 PM
The blue states should just stop sending collected tax money to the federal government. We should no longer prop up red states and this insanity at the federal level.
1/14/26, 03:03 PM
And the states should refuse to send any money/payments to the federal government because it has completely abnegated its responsibilities.
1/14/26, 03:01 PM
It is time states stop paying federal payroll taxes
1/14/26, 02:58 PM
STARTING RIGHT NOW THE BLUE STATES WILL STOP FUNDING THE RED STATES, INCLUDING THE CLOWN IN THE WHITE HOSE. NO MORE RED STATE SOCIALISM!!! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
Your task today: Call your Reps and Senators and tell them if trump is going to cut off all Federal funding to our state...
"Your task today: Call your Reps and Senators and tell them if trump is going to cut off all Federal funding to our state then they are to vote NO on any CR. Kean, Van Drew and Smith's phone should be ringing all day today."
1/14/26, 02:58 PM
We've got to make sure that they also hold the line on the filibuster, especially in the Senate. My big worry is that the Senate Republicans will try and change the rules to nuke the filibuster to pass it with a simple majority, especially when Trump pressured them to kill it like the last time.
Everybody says this but nobody has given a way that we could actually do this.
1/14/26, 02:53 PM
They just aren't being creative enough. They could pass a law that all monies marked as taxes to the Fed's will be deposited into escrow accounts till this nonsense stops. Charge the feds a service charge for their federal buildings equal to that of the monies being held back.
1/14/26, 02:53 PM
States that are targeted by this goon should withhold the funds they send to the federal government government. He forgets that we, the people, fund his administration and his twisted whims.
1/14/26, 02:52 PM
So that means they can stop sending federal taxes in. Bold move to pull this shit at the start of tax season.
1/14/26, 02:50 PM
Problem is taxes are collected by employers. They could do this for all state employees. If they want to get creative, they could impose a tax on all billionaire corporations that makes up for the funds trump has withheld. The only limit is our imagination... & our politicians' loyalty to the 1%.
1/14/26, 02:48 PM
1. Congress appropriated those funds. 2. Donny ain't the King. #JerryMoran #GOP #TrumpCrimeFamily
1/14/26, 02:47 PM
Which are tax dollars collected mostly from these same states
1/14/26, 02:40 PM
Effective February 1st NO MORE PAYMENTS WILL BE MADE BY STATES THAT HAVE ANY MORALS TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN THE FORM OF FEDERAL TAXES. ALL THEY DO IS BREED CRIME AND VIOLENCE AGAINST US. IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WANTS MONEY THEY WILL HAVE TO GET IT FROM THE CRIMINALS IN THEIR EMPLOY.
1/14/26, 02:33 PM
All #Democrats states, collect all Federal money and use for your state, this will help your state since Fed is run by a complete idiot #Trump. Old mentally incompetent waste! Then Fed will not be able to support all the RED WELFARE STATES! See how that works #PresidentIncompetent
How? The federal government takes in tax money directly from employers and employees The only federal taxes they can wi...
1/14/26, 02:32 PM
There are taxes collected other than income tax in the different states. California, for instance, collects hundreds of millions of dollars of federal sales tax. Just sayin
1/14/26, 02:32 PM
I think its only right that those states withhold any money for the fed govt then. Lets see him make that tacky ballroom w taxes from the welfare red states that hate socialism yet always have their hand out
1/14/26, 02:31 PM
Blue States need to withhold Federal taxes then - it's pretty simple Blue States make up about 80% of the federal income - they should just keep it to help themselves, and others like them Let the Red States twist in the wind
1/14/26, 02:27 PM
so why do the blue states stop funding the red states?
1/14/26, 02:27 PM
What would you have to set up? My point of view is that I don't expect the current economic situation to be stable and my job could terminate at any time so I expect that no federal taxes will be due for this year. Since the state can't do this, how do individuals do it?
1/14/26, 02:26 PM
Governor Dan McKee didn’t call for taxing the rich in last night’s state of the state. This campaign is unafraid and unapologetic: we will tax billionaires out of existence.
1/14/26, 02:21 PM
How? The federal government takes in tax money directly from employers and employees The only federal taxes they can withhold are from state and local employees So, how would that actually work
I dunno maybe at first but I think it needs to be made crystal clear what is happening. People in red states are so damn...
1/14/26, 02:09 PM
Well it will come to light eventually. But I just think they wont call attention to it, thats all. Cause dumpty will get retribution on them right away. He a malignant narcissist.
#Criminal. Donald Trump tried this stunt in his first term. It was ruled illegal by the Supreme Court, because the pres...
"#Criminal. Donald Trump tried this stunt in his first term. It was ruled illegal by the Supreme Court, because the president has no authority to defy Congress's funding instructions. That makes it theft. Defying the Supreme Court also makes him a scofflaw. This is worthy of #Impeachment."
1/14/26, 02:08 PM
UNCONSTITUTIONAL!
1/14/26, 02:08 PM
Blue cities and states illegally targeted by convicted felon and child rapist Trump should simply stop sending tax revenue to the Federal government. The US economy is completely powered by Blue cities, without those taxes Trump's fascism regime would be bankrupt like all his other businesses.
1/14/26, 02:05 PM
I dunno maybe at first but I think it needs to be made crystal clear what is happening. People in red states are so damn dumb they don’t know how monies are dispersed. The shutdown tried to show that red states rely on social services overwhelmingly but we had traitors in our Dem congress.
1/14/26, 02:04 PM
Georgia House speaker says the legislature will propose legislation to eliminate the homestead exemption on property taxes, replacing it with ... something else. He cites the 300 local governments which opted out of the state’s reforms last year. The issue is hideously complex.
1/14/26, 02:02 PM
Why should blue state residents pay federal taxes then? What’s the plan Dem Governors? Where’s the DGA in this?
1/14/26, 02:01 PM
All Democratic lead States need to stop paying Federal taxes and keep the money for your own State citizens and help other Dem States if they need. It’s the Union against the Confederacy 2.0. The civil war never ended in the minds of White Nationalists KKK Nazis.
1/14/26, 02:00 PM
If the blue states pay, it's just going into his personal grifting coffers
1/14/26, 01:53 PM
Each employer sends federal taxes to the federal government. Employers would have to initiate this process.
Everybody says this but nobody has given a way that we could actually do this.
1/14/26, 01:53 PM
Federal taxes are mainly collected by employers and deposited electronically monthly to the IRS. Employers would have to get onboard (and they wouldn’t). Not to mention it would starve Medicare and Social Security quickly
1/14/26, 01:48 PM
#Criminal. Donald Trump tried this stunt in his first term. It was ruled illegal by the Supreme Court, because the president has no authority to defy Congress's funding instructions. That makes it theft. Defying the Supreme Court also makes him a scofflaw. This is worthy of #Impeachment.
1/14/26, 01:47 PM
The states must cease forwarding federal tax receipts. Starve that rapist!
1/14/26, 01:43 PM
If they deny federal funding to states with sanctuary cities, those states don't have to pay federal taxes anymore, right?
1/14/26, 01:43 PM
Your task today: Call your Reps and Senators and tell them if trump is going to cut off all Federal funding to our state then they are to vote NO on any CR. Kean, Van Drew and Smith's phone should be ringing all day today.
1/14/26, 01:43 PM
Newsmax: Trump Warns States of Funding Freeze Over Sanctuary Policies
1/14/26, 01:43 PM
I am all for it, but I don’t know how it would actually work. The states don’t pay federal taxes, it’s the people of the state. Maybe I’m wrong? 🤷‍♂️
1/14/26, 01:42 PM
Red states don't turn a profit or balance Their budgets. They're federal welfare payment states If Republicans are so good at "business" why are their states such economic basket cases?
1/14/26, 01:34 PM
Fed taxes don't run thru state governments.
1/14/26, 01:33 PM
It's a nice idea, but um... impractical. HOW does this happen? Payroll taxes are deducted and forwarded automatically. ADP is not likely to shut the paymets amounts to a holding account. HOW does this happen??
1/14/26, 01:27 PM
Can the blue states that effectively find the red states simply stop paying federal taxes?
1/14/26, 01:21 PM
Yay! No more federal income tax! Can't wait for the Red States to wither and die off.
1/14/26, 01:17 PM
Question: If they’re going to cut funds to sanctuary states starting February 1st does that mean that if we live in those states we too can stop paying taxes to fund a Nazi regime?
1/14/26, 01:16 PM
Americans should just stop paying their taxes, why are you funding a government that is not providing basic services? I am dead serious about this, come tax season, file the paperwork than don't make the payment. The IRS is crazy underfunded, so chances are they won't check, at most you pay a fine
1/14/26, 01:16 PM
States need to stop sending federal taxes to the government. CA and NY are 2 states that pay the most in federal taxes, along with TX & FL. Imagine the impact CA and NY could have.
1/14/26, 01:08 PM
The MA Senate's property tax relief bills are totally unresponsive to the actual situation cities and towns face. The bills would just cause municipalities to *lose more money* and *cut more services* and leave them still unable to raise revenue elsewhere to provide revenue-neutral relief.
1/14/26, 12:57 PM
Now those cities have no choice but to stop all payments to the federal government and use those funds to replace what the pedophile is withholding. All companies and government departments must send their federal payroll tax deductions to their city government. www.rawstory.com/trump-267489...
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-267489...
1/14/26, 12:44 PM
Maybe those states will stop sending money to the feds. And maybe people in those states will do the same. For example, a “maker” state like CA might do better by keeping its money rather than channeling it to “taker” states. Trump is creating conditions that encourage secession.
1/14/26, 12:42 PM
I knew this is why Trump included Colorado when he cut off funding for MN, NY, IL & CA also. The others all have governors who could run for President so I wondered what he was pissed about with Colorado.
1/14/26, 12:37 PM
'No more payments': Trump announces halt of federal funding to Dem-controlled cities www.rawstory.com/trump-267489...
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-267489...
1/14/26, 12:36 PM
WE THE PEOPLE should stop paying our federal taxes until this regime is gone. They are not using the taxes to help us. They are using the taxes to hurt us & enrich themselves.
1/14/26, 12:29 PM
No more of our taxes going to red states until he’s gone.
1/14/26, 12:22 PM
Unless there is something infrastructure tying Fed and state funds, seems yes. It would be a supreme act of defiance and likely illegal. But who cares; it must be done. He is penalizing his own voters in these states. And hurting the poor. Who wants this man to remain in charge? Why is he?
1/14/26, 12:21 PM
President Trump announces halt to federal funding for "sanctuary cities" like New York City, citing lack of cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.
1/14/26, 11:56 AM
(1/2) EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY FIRST, NO MORE PAYMENTS WILL BE MADE BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO STATES FOR THEIR CORRUPT CRIMINAL PROTECTION CENTERS KNOWN AS SANCTUARY CITIES. ALL THEY DO IS BREED CRIME AND VIOLENCE! If States want them, they will have to pay for them! MAKE AMERICA
1/14/26, 11:46 AM
Trump has no authority to “cut off” funding to any state or city. Congress controls appropriations & the president is obligated by law to carry out those appropriations. But Trump has been violating his obligation to “faithfully execute the laws” by refusing to spend money as directed by Congress.
1/14/26, 11:43 AM
States should stop paying federal taxes then. At least democrat ones.
1/14/26, 11:36 AM
EVERYONE CLAIM EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL TAXES! DON'T PAY A GOVERNMENT THAT WOULD RATHER SHOOT YOU THAN GIVE YOU AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE.
1/14/26, 11:27 AM
Those state governors need to not pay the fed taxes they collect. 2 can play this game.
1/14/26, 04:51 AM
Education spending is mostly local (and state) and a lot of people who yell about education don't want to pay for it. It's going to be even more so when someone's destroyed the D of Ed.
I’ll do just about anything at any level of government to prevent the concept of “voters wanted this overwhelmingly like...
"I’ll do just about anything at any level of government to prevent the concept of “voters wanted this overwhelmingly like multiple times” hitting the ballot. Holy fucking shit in 2026 America I cannot possibly be asked to vote for A PARK a fifth time"
1/14/26, 04:48 AM
it’s 2037 you want to walk along the beach in the city you live in someone who lives slightly closer to the ocean than you in a seven mile wide peninsula city has found themselves contractually obligated to drive but it takes them ten minutes instead of nine their life ends, costco line long
1/14/26, 04:44 AM
I’ll do just about anything at any level of government to prevent the concept of “voters wanted this overwhelmingly like multiple times” hitting the ballot. Holy fucking shit in 2026 America I cannot possibly be asked to vote for A PARK a fifth time
1/14/26, 04:29 AM
I just found out that the bad guys are trying to take cash aid away from families in California. Wow! Evil lives. #cashaid #publicbenefits #socialjustice
1/14/26, 04:07 AM
Supreme MAGAt says he's blocking federal $ to "santuary state" Massachusetts! GREAT! MASS sent 38 billion more in 2024 than they received. MASS should withold federal tax to that fat, demented, prick! Then figure out what to do with an extra $38B a yr? Maybe health insurance subsidies for residents?
At what point are we talking about not paying taxes of as a block of states!?
"At what point are we talking about not paying taxes of as a block of states!?"
1/14/26, 03:25 AM
I would rather my taxes go to our communities since the admin has worked to stop federal money coming back to the state. I don't want to pay for ICE or bombing fishing boats or whatever illegal corrupt shit planned for the rest of the next 3 years
1/14/26, 03:09 AM
When are states going to stop payments to the Federal Government? Starve the Fever
1/14/26, 02:47 AM
No, they cannot. Why do people keep asking this. There are a lot of useful things sanctuary cities can do. Magically stopping their citizens from remitting federal tax is not one of them.
1/14/26, 02:47 AM
States do not send our income tax to the federal government. Our employers do and we do

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Federal tax withholding by states and cities