NY Lawmaker Urges Liberal States to Secede from US, Join Canada in Response Mass Depo

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Top New York Lawmaker Urges Liberal States to Secede from US, Join Canada in Response to Trump Mass Deportation Threat

It's not unreasonable to think outside of the box," state Sen. Liz Krueger said.

 

The state senator also proposed withholding hundreds of billions of dollars in federal taxes as a way to push back against the president-elect's policies that the state lawmaker disagrees with, such as threats of mass deportation.

"We're talking a lot of money," Krueger told Politico. "We're talking money we couldn't possibly replace unless we started sending the feds a lot less money."

 

While New York sends the federal government about $362 billion to the federal government in taxes, the state also receives about $85 billion from the government.

 

https://www.ibtimes.com/top-new-york-lawmaker-urges-liberal-states-secede-us-join-canada-response-trump-mass-3753316

 

 

The United States of Canada?

[americanlife]

What a stupid thing to say

[Jack!]

What in the Gilead.

[Almodusa]

The constitution doesn't allow secession and it'd get pretty messy 

[Illuminati]

Isn't Canada about to follow similar far right turn

[Domination]

Yes, let's join a country that has every social security and public program simultaneously collapsing.

[worldwide angel]

instead let's go for the new york city state

[loveisdead9582]

Uhm….. while I would like to imagine a world where I don't have to move AND trump isn't president, I'm not sure this is the way forward. I think maybe trying to withhold funds due to policies is a potential avenue to push back but I'm not sure what the legal ramifications of that are…