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3. Blue States Need to Withhold Federal Tax Revenue

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Each state could then use that revenue to peacefully and legally, service and support their own law enforcement needs. Otherwise, we will become and remain the oppressed financial supporters of a police state. That is not what Noam Chomsky meant by "Manufacturing Consent."
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Withholding Federal Tax Revenue Streams:

Excise Taxes (product-specific, collected upstream)

a. Gasoline & Diesel

Normal flow:
Collected at refinery/import terminal by IRS → built into wholesale price.

Choke point:
State could demand tax payments flow to a state escrow from refiners/terminals.

Reality check:
Federal liability attaches at point of removal; IRS can seize/refine licenses revoked.


b. Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms (ATF)

Normal flow:
Collected from manufacturers/importers before distribution.

Choke point:
State could block shipments unless excise paid into a state trust.

Reality check:
These are federally licensed industries; refusal would result in federal seizure.


c. Aviation Fuel & Ticket Taxes

Normal flow:
Airlines collect from passengers (ticket taxes, security fees) → remit to IRS.

Choke point:
State could order airlines operating in its airports to remit to state first.

Reality check:
Interstate commerce rules give federal government override.


d. Import Tariffs (Customs Duties)

Normal flow:
Collected at U.S. ports of entry by CBP (federal officers).

Choke point:
States have no role here unless they physically blocked federal customs operations.

Reality check:
This would look like South Carolina’s 1832 Nullification Crisis at ports.
For income, payroll, corporate taxes: choke point = employer/corporation remittance step.

For excise taxes: choke point = upstream producers/import terminals.

For tariffs/duties: choke point = ports/customs houses.

For estate/gift: choke point = estate settlement/banks.


Mechanically, the only way a state could “hold back” federal tax is by forcing businesses, employers, banks, or terminals to pay into a state escrow account instead of the IRS. Everything else flows directly between taxpayer and federal government.