To the editor: Since California gives about $83 billion extra in taxes than it will get again in funding from Washington, Gov. Gavin Newsom, if legally possible, ought to direct the state treasurer to withhold all federal earnings taxes for state staff and preserve the funds in California (“Trump administration says it’s going to minimize $8 billion for local weather initiatives in blue states, together with California’s hydrogen hub,” Oct. 1). This would come with all state staff, staff of the UC and state faculty system and all earnings tax from California retirement funds comparable to CalSTRS.
The one factor the Trump administration understands is cash. By directing these funds to the California treasury, the federal authorities would most definitely be in a money crunch inside a brief time period. And, perhaps the subsequent step can be for the California treasurer to ship non-public employers kinds to ship their collected federal taxes to the state.
Gary Wexler, San Pedro
