Making the click-through worthwhile: How one aspect of the GOP tax plan could accidentally sock it to a group of Trump voters, a reviled figure prepares to return to American society, several NFL teams announce they'll stand for the anthem going forward, and what 80s sitcoms can teach us about the American founding.
The Tax Hike Coming to Trump Voters in Blue States
Get ready for an epic fight on taxes in Congress that won't necessarily break along partisan lines, but along state lines.
You're going to hear a lot of scoffing from Republicans that the places where taxpayers use the state and local tax deduction the most are deep blue places like New York and Westchester counties in New York State and Marin and San Francisco counties in California. Some on the right will ask why they should care about hitting the wealthiest, and often most liberal, places in the country with a giant tax increase. They'll argue, with some justification, that this amounts to a federal subsidy for high-taxing states, and shields big-spending state and local governments from the full consequences of their appetite for tax increases.
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|  | | | Jim Geraghty Making the click-through worthwhile: How one aspect of the GOP tax plan could accidentally sock it to a group of Trump voters, a reviled figure prepares to return to American society, several NFL teams announce they'll stand for the anthem going forward, and what 80s sitcoms can teach us about the American founding. The Tax Hike Coming to Trump Voters in Blue States Get ready for an epic fight on taxes in Congress that won't necessarily break along partisan lines, but along state lines. You're going to hear a lot of scoffing from Republicans that the places where taxpayers use the state and local tax deduction the most are deep blue places like New York and Westchester counties in New York State and Marin and San Francisco counties in California. Some on the right will ask why they should care about hitting the wealthiest, and often most liberal, places in the country with a giant tax increase. They'll argue, with some justification, that this amounts to a federal subsidy for high-taxing states, and shields big-spending state and local governments from the full consequences of their appetite for tax increases. But ... READ MORE | |  | | | | | | | | |  | | Follow Us & Share 215 Lexington Ave., New York, NY, 10016, USA
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