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Can't California just pass a law that protects all it's citizens and companies from any repercussions of not-paying federal income taxes...i.e. -- stay part of
by gremlinsinc 10y ago
Can't California just pass a law that protects all it's citizens and companies from any repercussions of not-paying federal income taxes...i.e. -- stay part of the union, but without the taxation, because nobody in California will enforce tax evasion at the federal level?
- dragonwriter 10y agoNo, it can't. California could choose not to assist the Federal government (anti-commandeering doctrine), but cannot Constitutionally prevent federal officers from enforcing federal tax law by both civil and criminal process (supremacy clause).
- gremlinsinc 10y agoDo federal tax collectors/auditors ever use local police to bring people to justice over tax evasion ? The state government could simply not offer any such support, and require the feds to do everything on their own. I wonder if they could create a law that wouldn't allow extradition out of California for said trials unless approved by the governor.