> The addition of other subsidies is orthogonal to the capping of the state and local tax deduction. No, the context is important. The republicans would look a

> The addition of other subsidies is orthogonal to the capping of the state and local tax deduction. No, the context is important. The republicans would look a lot less hypocritical if they also capped tuition deductions, church donation deductions, etc, because the services those fund overlap a lot with what state taxes fund. As it is, the tax bill largely looks like a trampling of states rights to determine their own taxes, and a pushing of the conservative model of "private schools are better than public schools", "homeless shelters should be run by churches, not by the state" etc.