Imagine being wealthy and choosing to live in this grotesque affront.

This is the real truth of it.

There’s always some naysayer in these threads with this tired aCkShUaLlY argument, and it is capitulative bullshit.

State payrolls are significant, any governor could easily setup an escrow account, divert all state payroll federal taxes to it, and use it for any shortfalls. They could then create a mechanism within their own state tax system and allow employers to opt in.