The newly elected governor of New Jersey is threatening to refuse to send federal taxes to the Trump administration. In an interview with comedian Jon Stewart, former Rep.
Mikie Sherill mentioned that she had frequently contemplated withholding tax dollars and ultimately decided it is a “fantastic idea.” “If they’re not gonna run the programs, then what are we paying them for?” she said. “It’s like, you know, you’re paying us for a service and they’re not delivering. So let’s stop paying for it.”
California’s Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom has also suggested the possibility of withholding tax funds, but ultimately, it proved to be an idle threat. “We’re assessing it, we have looked into it, and Finance is looking across the spectrum of options,” he said in an interview with Politico in June. “But it’s limited, because most of that distribution and transfer comes from individual taxpayers,” he continued.
