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In reply to the discussion: 'Liens on their property': Dem reveals blue states' secret weapon against Trump [View all]BumRushDaShow
(157,033 posts)53. The "employer" in this case is *THE STATE*
I.e., all those state employees who work at the DMVs, the prisons, the state Health Department, the Emergency Management agencies, the Environmental agencies, and as LEO... and in most (if not all) states, the public school teachers and other staff that work in a public school system (as well as employees in any state-associated higher education institutions).
They are not talking about private sector employers.
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'Liens on their property': Dem reveals blue states' secret weapon against Trump [View all]
BumRushDaShow
Jul 5
OP
I have been saying that the states who he moves against should do something like this.
OldBaldy1701E
Jul 5
#1
It definitely doesn't sound legal, but it can at least delay and maybe deny state funds to an asset
ancianita
Jul 5
#35
They can drag their feet like tfg, tie it up in courts and not comply with the rulings.. What are they gonna do, sue?
mitch96
Jul 5
#46
Not a crime at all. There's no federal statute mandating the process whereby withholding makes its way to the Feds.
paleotn
Jul 5
#27
Nice idea but Supreme Court will eventually intervene against states. Is K-9 funding mandated by congress?
lostnfound
Jul 5
#4
How would the states get the employer to give them the money instead of it being sent directly to the US Treasury?
MichMan
Jul 5
#49
I didn't see any specifics in the OP about what type of state payments would be held.
MichMan
Jul 5
#54
There is nothing in that article, nor an earlier NBC one, that says anything about "federal property".
BumRushDaShow
Jul 5
#20
I don't think this has to do with what they call "real property" (buildings)
BumRushDaShow
Jul 5
#41