Texas Gov. Abbott says he’ll ‘impose 100% tariff’ on New Yorkers who move in
The governor’s office did not immediately respond to a request for more information from NewsNation, The Hill’s sister network, on how those tariffs would work.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/texas-gov-abbott-says-ll-190757763.html
Texas Gov. Abbott says he’ll ‘impose 100% tariff’ on New Yorkers who move in
The power to impose tariffs falls within the federal government’s authority in the Constitution, not the states.Diana Falzone (Yahoo News)
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in reply to Lisa Stranger • • •A bunch of people moved there from California thinking they were going to save money 🤣
if anything, Noo Yawkers will traipse down 95 to Floriduh... I'm just waiting for DeFascist to try something like this here
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in reply to Lisa Stranger • • •exactly how do you put a tariff on people moving into your state?
for one thing, it's totally illegal, governors do not have tariff power.
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in reply to Lisa Stranger • • •if anything, Noo Yawkers will traipse down 95 to Floriduh…
There is a reason why real estate is valued more highly in Vermont than in New Hampshire, and it's not the low taxes.
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in reply to Lisa Stranger • • •WE DO NOT WANT CUOMO
we have already taken our quota of obnoxious 🍊💩 New Yorkers TYVM 😏
and how much more some non-tax things cost—looking at electricity here but I know there's more
I think they're having a homeowners' insurance problem like we are too
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in reply to Lisa Stranger • • •that seems to happen every place I go (live, work, whatever)... so I'll just stay here and go down with the ship
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