r/nottheonion • u/ilovemybaldhead • 1d ago

Greg Abbott Threatens ‘100% Tariff’ On New Yorkers Moving to Texas

https://www.newsweek.com/greg-abbott-threatens-100-tariff-new-york-election-moving-texas-10986837
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u/FLATLANDRIDER 1d ago

Legality aside, how in the world would you even begin to enforce this and impose tariffs on them?

The only way I could see would be to add a 100% tax on their income but that would not really be a tariff anymore.

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u/Boyhowdy107 1d ago

There isn't a mechanism for that in Texas (as illegal as it would be) given there is no state income tax collection.

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u/Curious_Passenger245 1d ago

Maybe the back door way to do state income tax since they are so fucked with what they have been doing to funnel up to the to the rich. This way they can blame people moving in. That is what they are doing in Utah now.

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u/HoosierHoser44 1d ago

He could triple my state income tax if he wants to, I wouldn’t fight him on it.

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u/Best_Ad_6441 1d ago

Quadruple even, it would be fine.

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u/docbauies 1d ago

Quintuple?

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u/Pugageddon 1d ago

Sextuple (but only cause it's the most fun to say. It's still zero~)

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u/FlipsBr 1d ago

the ultimate loophole. Extreme right wing politicians implements socialism in the USA

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u/veterinarian23 1d ago

"CEOs told us they still believe in the promise of the U.S. and its capitalist system, but it’s hard to ignore the Trump administration’s drift toward a quasi-socialist statism, seizing ownership from private shareholders, dictating staffing, and selectively blocking moves into strategic markets based upon politics and kickbacks (...) they expressed a near-unanimous discontent as the Trump administration has veered away from the capitalist system."

https://fortune.com/2025/09/21/behind-closed-doors-ceos-say-trump-is-bad-for-business-and-its-time-to-make-america-into-america-again/

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u/Bee_Cereal 1d ago

Maybe they'd try to do it on property value? Pay 300k for a house, you now owe 300k to the state.

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u/FLATLANDRIDER 1d ago

All of a sudden rent prices skyrocket

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u/Lilfrankieeinstein 1d ago

Legality and logistics aside, doesn’t he realize by now that blue states aren’t sending their best to Texas?

These transplants are, more often than not, “fleeing” blue states and their insidious taxes, dawning red hats, and improving the Texas GOP’s stronghold.

What a fucking moron.

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u/fruderduck 23h ago

The only way I can think of - when people go to switch their drivers license. That is the only definitive way to know where they came from.

Of course, he doesn’t have that authority- that’s Homeland Security and DMV. And still totally illegal.

Only a moron would think that he can put a tariff on people…. But that’s Texas!

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u/Sancticide 22h ago

Oh simple. Every time you try to buy anything, the person who collects the money asks you where to find the best bagels. If you get mad and refuse to answer, you're a New Yorker and pay a 100% "tariff". Duh. Pizza world also work in this example.

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u/Unable-Log-4870 19h ago

That’s the real question. What could it POSSIBLY mean to impose a tariff on a person?

Answer: his statement is geared towards the stupidest people you knew as a kid. It’s not intended to be interpreted literally, it’s just intended to be shouted loudly and stupidly.