Hiltzik: Can Newsom block tax payments to the U.S. government? No, but we do give more than we get back

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Hiltzik: Can Newsom block tax payments to the U.S. government? No, but we do give more than we get back

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Can Newsom block tax payments to the U.S. government? No, but we do give more than we get back
California Gov. Newsom threw down the gauntlet to Donald Trump last week after Trump threatened to cut off all federal funding to the state.
In a post Friday on X, Newsom observed: “We pay over…

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