Just to clarify, I’m not arguing in support of CA withholding taxes or trying to obstruct with the guard. I’m arguing that both of those ideas are terrible and riddled with holes. But you’re right, those ideas are also dangerous.
Trump would just do what Eisenhower did in the late 50’s - use the Insurrection Act to federalize the Guard.
I’m all for a way to stick it to Trump, but not paying taxes doesn’t have an easy solution. The collection is done per person / household, enforcement can easily be done nationally by garnishing wages, and the guard can’t stop that.
The thing will bullet point 1 is that finding exploits is becoming MUCH easier with LLMs. That said, it’s now arms race. Can you deploy AI to pressure test your systems and find the gaps before the bad actors do the same?
The national guard is the federal reserve military and Trump can override any governor’s whenever. And given that the armed services tend to swing Republican, having them commit mass insubordination seems unlikely.
Sure, but they can just target businesses with 668 form to garnish wages of employees, and if businesses don’t comply, they can fuck with the businesses ability to conduct national or international business.
This is exactly what they defined for phase 1 of project 2025. Clear out the experts heading the regulatory departments, then start micromanaging the IC workers.
Next will be firing the ICs that aren’t producing stuff that’s good for Trump donors or isn’t good for republican propaganda.
A lot of rich folks lost homes during that fire, but people forget, a lot of broke ass renters also totally had all of their worldly belongings burned to the ground. And most people don’t have renter’s insurance. A lot of people and families will be forced to move, start over, and try to find affordable housing.
Just to clarify, I’m not arguing in support of CA withholding taxes or trying to obstruct with the guard. I’m arguing that both of those ideas are terrible and riddled with holes. But you’re right, those ideas are also dangerous.