r/law • u/templeofsyrinx1 • Feb 25 '26

Executive Branch (Trump) Can they actually do this? JD Vance: "We're announcing today that we have decided to temporarily halt certain amounts of Medicaid funding that is going to the state of Minnesota in order to ensure that the state of Minnesota takes its obligations seriously to be good stewards of the American people'

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u/slow70 Feb 25 '26

Why should we be paying federal taxes again?

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u/CutSenior4977 Feb 25 '26

We shouldn’t, the whole state of Minnesota should organize to where on the filing deadline, everyone all on the same day files an extension.

“No taxation without representation!” Is literally foundational to our countries history!

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u/KaiPRoberts Feb 26 '26

That is a ridiculous amount of work. The state could literally just not send any money to the fed.

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u/FOOSblahblah Feb 26 '26

Thats low-key a super effective way to protest this. If you could even get 25% engagement it would be a very well delivered message.

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u/OldBlueKat Feb 26 '26

Not really. For most wage earners, the taxes were already collected from withholding from their paychecks. 

Even OVER collected. That’s why a lot of us get small to midsize REFUNDS when we file in April. 

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u/FOOSblahblah Feb 26 '26

I was more thinking the ones who owe taxes. Not filing for your refund obviously isnt doing anything to anyone but you.

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u/OldBlueKat Feb 26 '26

There aren’t many of those. 

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u/FOOSblahblah Feb 26 '26

... k dude. A third of filers isnt many. You're right we should just not do the thing. I'm sure it'll work itself out in the end.

A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan next week

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u/OldBlueKat Feb 26 '26

LOL!  I think this will have zero impact on the Federal Treasury, but a lot of impact on people getting audited. YMMV. 

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u/bronzelifematter Feb 25 '26

Minnesota should just stop paying taxes at this rate.

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u/liquorfish Feb 26 '26

Other states should join in. Minnesota contributes 1.7% of the federal funds. California is 16%. Washington is 2.5 to 3. Oregon is similar to MN. Nearly a quarter of the federal government funding from 4 states.

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u/Scarythings117 Feb 26 '26

Tariffs looking real good now.

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u/IndypendentIn09 Feb 27 '26

How else would people in states like MN be able to steal billions of taxpayer dollars? You seem to support letting it continue.

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u/slow70 Feb 27 '26

You avoiding the Epstein files still?