Asking the federal government not to tax people on income they never see (because of SALT) is not the same as asking for a bailout. In fact, it's the other way

Asking the federal government not to tax people on income they never see (because of SALT) is not the same as asking for a bailout. In fact, it's the other way around: high SALT states tend to rely less on federal aid and so are actually subsidizing the other states.