Also, I guess there's a limit to how much you can deduct from federal taxes based on donations to other things. So -- I agree with you that I don't see how California can stop paying federal taxes without somehow convincing many individuals to break the law.

It was self-funding: you donate $X to a special state fund, and deduct $X from your federal taxes. Then the state lets you deduct $X from your state taxes (but they have that fund, so they lose nothing). Still, though, you're right that state tax < fed tax.

The article refers to a scheme where you donate money to a state fund, which you can deduct from your federal taxes, and then the state deducts that from your state taxes. So it's kind of a fake charitable donation to get individuals out of paying (some) federal taxes? Not sure if it would work

I'm hoping there's a bunch of these we havent heard of, all just about to announce judgments, like a Court of Emoluments and a Court of Impoundment.

A cybertruck, probably.

Maybe he could have 2 or 3 tanks, instead of 30 tanks.

Se14en

You can see, in real time, constantly, Trump spouting some half-formed nub of an idea, and then when it engenders controversy, gradually transforming that idea into an overriding policy directive, because the alternative is to admit error, which is psychologically impossible for him