Posted On: Saturday - June 7th 2025 9:25PM MST
In Topics: Genderbenders California Trump US Feral Government ctrl-left Socialism/Communism Taxes
Gateway Pundit had the headline shown above, so I couldn't resist their post. President Trump is attempting to withhold Federal funding for California Universities because they are still pushing the transgender business, in defiance of Presidential E.O.s.
Now there's a whole can of worms I gotta open. E.O.'s shouldn't be a thing because the President isn't a King. The Legislative Branch spends the money too, right? Then, these programs - funding of State universities - are unConstitutikonal to begin with. Welllll, but since the programs ARE in place, and the President administers them, if he decides the funding of BLT-G++ isn't part of Congress' intention, this administrating can go along the lines of "Cut that out, or the money stops!"
Yet California House Speaker Robert Rivas wants the American-taxpayer-funded California genderbender programs to continue, and he thinks California should withhold money from the Feds in retaliation for any cuts in university support by Trump. There's some logic to it... the kind one sees out of toddlers having temper tantrums. "I want it! I want that money! It's mine!"
If he is serious about this, Cal Speaker Rivas will run into what I see at the #1 evil out of 5 listed of the US Income Tax. In an old post of ours of the Morning Constitutional series - Part 3 on Amendment XVI, we discussed 5 evils of the income tax, though some bright commenter might have some others we've forgotten.
That #1 evil is described as "The FLOW of the money". Here's our explanation of the problem, and you can just substitute California for our randomly-picked Arkansas:
With the income tax, if you picture a scenario in which the people or State government want to fight the Feds, how will that work? The money already flows directly from paychecks or checks for money still "owed" of individuals, to the Feds. It is doled back out to the States and people in massive amounts in various ways.I am pretty sure that this piece-o'-work Rivas is a strong supporter of soaking the rich... well, OK, Middle Class using the Feral Income Tax system. California itself has a pretty impressive version of its own. From the GP post:
Got a disagreement with the Feds, Arkansas? Tough shit. Do you want that highway money, that welfare money, those business incentives? Better get your mind right, son. "Yeah, well, we'll withhold OUR money. Uhh, we'll get everyone in Arkansas to get his employer to stop the withholding and then assure them that we will fight for them in IRS Federal tax court, and then ... OK, OK, how high, Sir?!!"
Upon reading this [A statement from the Whitehouse about "not funding the demise of our country"], the speaker of the California State Assembly, Robert Rivas, erupted in anger and threatened various responses, including withholding federal taxes from the federal government.Did you ever think about how that could even happen, Senor Rivas? You Big Government types set this system up over the last century and a decade. The implementation of periodic withholding, back during WWII, took away the last good options. Seriously, whaddya' gonna do?
“This is unconstitutional and vindictive,” Rivas wrote on BlueSky. “We’re the nation’s economic engine and the largest donor state, and deserve our fair share.”
“I’ll use every legal and constitutional tool available to defend CA — we must look at every option, including withholding federal taxes.”
Irony, hypocrisy, I'm too tired to figure out what this really is, but I had another example that was supposed to be in this post. That'll come Monday, and it'll fit in great with another immigration-invasion week, which will have lots of good, yes, GOOD news. Stayed tuned, Peakers. Have a happy Sunday!
Comments:
Moderator
Monday - June 9th 2025 8:32AM MST
PS: Hello, SafeNow. Could you tell us if the goings-on in Los Angeles are anywhere near your neck-'o-the-woods? I'd like to write a little bit. I hope Trump has people cracking some heads this time.
I was going to start with something different (this evening, probably), but that LA thing IS big news, not just regarding the immigration/deportation aspect but it may become the next BLM. Brown Leaving Migrants? Gotta work on that ...
I was going to start with something different (this evening, probably), but that LA thing IS big news, not just regarding the immigration/deportation aspect but it may become the next BLM. Brown Leaving Migrants? Gotta work on that ...
Moderator
Monday - June 9th 2025 8:27AM MST
PS: Yeah, I realize that story on TUR is taken partially from you comments here under that Part 3 on Amendment XVI. Commenter John Johnson over there did not get your joke/point at all.
Moderator
Monday - June 9th 2025 8:26AM MST
PS: Good morning, Mr. Smith. I've been pretty busy for days.
Did any reconstruction amendment actually state "No leaving the union"? I guess Lincoln made it pretty clear what COULD happen to you. What about the kicking out of a State? I like the idea. It's too bad that California is such a beautiful place, when it comes to the land itself.
BTW, those reconstruction amendments got purposefully mis-interpreted too, as with the supposed "birthright citizenship". The Amendments since the B.O.R. 1st ten have been a real fiasco.
Did any reconstruction amendment actually state "No leaving the union"? I guess Lincoln made it pretty clear what COULD happen to you. What about the kicking out of a State? I like the idea. It's too bad that California is such a beautiful place, when it comes to the land itself.
BTW, those reconstruction amendments got purposefully mis-interpreted too, as with the supposed "birthright citizenship". The Amendments since the B.O.R. 1st ten have been a real fiasco.
SafeNow
Sunday - June 8th 2025 11:40PM MST
PS
“That'll come Monday, and it'll fit in great with another immigration-invasion week, which will have lots of good, yes, GOOD news.”
This Peakster eagerly awaits Mr. Moderator’s post, including, please, his take on how to think about the invasion event now occurring in LA. Is this - - dare I day it - - more GOOD news?
“That'll come Monday, and it'll fit in great with another immigration-invasion week, which will have lots of good, yes, GOOD news.”
This Peakster eagerly awaits Mr. Moderator’s post, including, please, his take on how to think about the invasion event now occurring in LA. Is this - - dare I day it - - more GOOD news?
Adam Smith
Sunday - June 8th 2025 4:20PM MST
PS: Good afternoon, Mr. Moderator!
𝑊𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 5 𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑥, 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑤𝑒'𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛...
Well... 𝐴 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑜𝑟 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝐼𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑇𝑎𝑥 is the 2nd plank to the communist manifesto. And, technically speaking, there is a word for a person who does not own his own labor.
https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2022/04/14/a-free-person-is-one-who-owns-his-own-labor/
I'm sure there are other evils of the so called income tax too, but thanks for the link to post 1415. Lots of fun comments there. (Including my original TSA at Hartsfield will let you keep one handgun in your carry-on joke that my TSA comment from the other day was loosely based on.)
𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑙𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝐴𝑇𝐿 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑐𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑔𝑢𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑇𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑔𝑢𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑛, 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑑 3 𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑟𝑎 𝑐𝑙𝑖𝑝𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑡𝑦...
Maybe, instead of merely withholding tax dollars from the feral beast the state of California should secede from the union? If Roe v Wade can be overturned why not the reconstruction amendments? I mean, isn't it long past time to restore the voluntary association of the states regarding the feral beast?
Might be worth a try? (Anyway...)
Happy Sunday! ☮️
𝑊𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 5 𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑥, 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑤𝑒'𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛...
Well... 𝐴 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑜𝑟 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝐼𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑇𝑎𝑥 is the 2nd plank to the communist manifesto. And, technically speaking, there is a word for a person who does not own his own labor.
https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2022/04/14/a-free-person-is-one-who-owns-his-own-labor/
I'm sure there are other evils of the so called income tax too, but thanks for the link to post 1415. Lots of fun comments there. (Including my original TSA at Hartsfield will let you keep one handgun in your carry-on joke that my TSA comment from the other day was loosely based on.)
𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑙𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝐴𝑇𝐿 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑐𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑔𝑢𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑇𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑔𝑢𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑛, 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑑 3 𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑟𝑎 𝑐𝑙𝑖𝑝𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑡𝑦...
Maybe, instead of merely withholding tax dollars from the feral beast the state of California should secede from the union? If Roe v Wade can be overturned why not the reconstruction amendments? I mean, isn't it long past time to restore the voluntary association of the states regarding the feral beast?
Might be worth a try? (Anyway...)
Happy Sunday! ☮️
𝐷𝑖𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒 "𝑁𝑜 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑜𝑛"?
No. But Texas v. White, 74 U.S. (7 Wall.) 700 (1869) is the case law that is used to deny the states their lawful right of secession...
https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep074/usrep074700/usrep074700.pdf
As wikipedia notes...
𝐼𝑛 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑗𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑡 𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡, 𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑇𝑒𝑥𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑎 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑗𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛 1845, 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑗𝑜𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐴𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑒. 𝐼𝑛 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑡 𝑓𝑢𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑑𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠, 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 "𝑎𝑏𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑛𝑢𝑙𝑙". 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑎𝑙𝑒 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑙 𝑤𝑎𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑢𝑠 𝑣𝑜𝑖𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑇𝑒𝑥𝑎𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑤𝑛𝑒𝑟.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_v._White
Which makes me wonder what would have happened if Texas, by special appearance, filed a motion for dismissal for lack of jurisdiction. (I'm sure this would have been difficult to do while under military occupation.) A little moar info...
https://scholar.smu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4513&context=smulr
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/74/700/
https://www.britannica.com/event/Texas-v-White
𝐵𝑇𝑊, 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑚𝑖𝑠-𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜𝑜, 𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑑 "𝑏𝑖𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑛𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝". 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐵.𝑂.𝑅. 1𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑒𝑛 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑖𝑎𝑠𝑐𝑜.
Agreed. There is a whole lot of misinterpretation going on not only involving so called "𝑏𝑖𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑛𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝" but things like the misapplication of the commerce clause (Wickard v Filburn), the complete disregard for Article 1 section 10 ("no state shall make any thing but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts") and constant infringement of the 2nd amendment. (I could go on but I would be here for quite some time if I were to enumerate all the various ways the constitution is misinterpreted.)
If any state can reestablish the right of states to secede it might just be California.(?)
https://calexitnow.org/
https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/la-protests-momentum-california-secession-movement/103-ffb1176b-13cf-44c1-90b2-f097aa49cf39
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/los-angeles-protests-spark-renewed-calls-for-california-independence-but-is-secession-really-possible/articleshow/121721250.cms
As the scumbag Lincoln showed an empire will not let go of its colonies without a fight. Chances are the right of secession will have to be won by the same means it was lost. (Through conquest.)
(Sorry about the slowish reply. I too have been a bit busy.)
Happy Thursday! ☮️