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Then why should I pay federal tax at all? And yet I do as an American citizen. And as a New Yorker I still pay federal tax. The government just acknowledged tha

Then why should I pay federal tax at all? And yet I do as an American citizen. And as a New Yorker I still pay federal tax. The government just acknowledged that my income was lower because I paid a state tax? How about red states start taxing their citizens to pay for their services rather than get subsidized by federal tax payers.

leereeves 9y ago
Red states pay lower state taxes because they don't want the government to do all the things blue states do. Why should red states subsidize all the things blue states pay for? The fairest system is to charge everyone the same federal tax rates. The usual objection is that blue states subsidize red states. Two problems with that. First, it isn't an accurate description of reality - some blue states are net recipients of federal funds, some red states are net payers. Second, most of those funds go to Democratic programs (entitlements) - so even if it were true, Democrats chose to do that.