• tidderuuf@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    I kind of hope that actually goes through. Why should my tax dollars in a blue state go towards building a military base in Missouri which is also giving heavy subsidies to help the locals around there just afford to live and work near the base.

    Red states can go ahead and do the same thing when a Dem is in control of the Fed Govt, it’s not like they contribute anything anyways.

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      1 hour ago

      Missouri isnt really a good example considering MO tends to pay the federal government more than it receives. At worst they occasionally break about even. But the majority of the time they pay their fair share, unlike many other states

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      2 hours ago

      Absolutely nothing is stopping you from filing an IRS Form W-4 declaring yourself exempt from Federal tax withholding. Which is the only way to stop sending tax money to the Federal Gov’t, your state gov’t never touches your payments.

      But you won’t do that, because you would personally experience consequences.