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I don't understand what you're arguing for here, why should affluent CA/NY/CT tax payers receive a tax break paid for by everyone else? How would you argue for
by dahdum 8y ago
I don't understand what you're arguing for here, why should affluent CA/NY/CT tax payers receive a tax break paid for by everyone else? How would you argue for the SALT deduction if it never existed in the first place?
I also don't see why it's a problem that some states are donors, they have more to give. Federal spending should be progressive, otherwise it simply drives more inequality.
- JumpCrisscross 8y agoI won't argue for SALT per se. I do have an issue with the political logic the Congress used in singling out Democratic states. Furthermore, the bill as a whole was regressive. Arguing for the progressive lifting of a specific subsidy, within the general context of a regressive bill that increases interstate subsidies, is hypocrisy. So is requiring food stamp recipients to undergo a battery of expensive tests while their analogs at governmental level get increased handouts.
- dahdum 8y agoI don't think I'm being hypocritical for defending a good policy in a bad bill.
- JumpCrisscross 8y agoQuite fair--my apologies.