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If you need proof that Democrats are really on the side of the plutocracy, look no further than New York\u2019s Democratic House members, who today wrote to Speaker Pelosi threatening to vote against any of (P)resident Biden\u2019s tax increase proposals unless the bill includes full repeal<\/em> of the state and local tax (SALT) deduction limitations that were part of Trump\u2019s 2017 tax reform. The SALT limitation was the single most \u201cprogressive\u201d tax increase on the rich in years, but chiefly in high tax states like California, Illinois, New York, and New Jersey.<\/strong><\/p>\n Read the letter for yourself and enjoy the casuistry: We need SALT repeal, the New York Dems day, so that our taxpayers won\u2019t be \u201cdouble-taxed,\u201d but of course their citizens only face this problem because those states impose those extra high taxes. And most of the benefit of the SALT deductions go to high income people\u2014the very people Dems are always telling us should pay their \u201cfair share,\u201d which they never define in any concrete way. \u201cFair share\u201d just means \u201cmore.\u201d Well, Trump delivered that, so what\u2019s the problem?<\/strong><\/p>\n I also like how the letter, in paragraph three, admits that cutting taxes on the rich will help spur job growth. I thought liberals didn\u2019t believe in supply-side tax cuts?<\/strong><\/p>\n This is the letter:<\/p>\n I guess the Democrats really do like tax cuts for the rich.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Most of us who live in middle class America are not overly concerned with the limit placed by the Trump administration on the state and local tax (SALT tax) deduction on our federal income tax. Generally that deduction impacts people … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/SALTDeductionLetter.jpg\")
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