[quote=mom2dmd][quote=flu][quote=NeetaT]Democrats: High taxes / High fees / Big government
Republicans: Low taxes / Low fees / Small government
There’s your answer![/quote]
and you conveniently keep ignoring my comment… aren’t your 2018 taxes much more than 2017 because of the SALT deduction cap , which was instituted by the GOP? Why do you coveniently lie to yourself and deny this?[/quote]
You seem to be the one in denial or confused. The SALT cap should motivate taxpayers in high-tax blue states to reign in taxation and spending by their state and local governments to the extent taxpayers don’t agree with state and local government policies. Short-term: higher total taxation. Long-term: lower total taxation and/or greater accountability/transparency of state and local governments.[/quote]
The easiest way to test if someone argues strictly based on the financial merits of a tax change or argue only based on political affliction associated with the tax change is simply to substitute the political party that introduced the tax change to see if the person had the same reaction.
I am pretty confident that neetaT and you are in the same category , the latter category… If the democrats I introduced this SALT cap, neither of you gloss over it, neither of you would be redirecting to the idea that this is strictly a blue states problem that should be solved by your proposed unlikely solution that you know well wont happen, and that this SALT cap is a good thing. Both of you would be screaming off the top of your head that “look at all those democrats increasing taxes again”. The only reason you are redirecting is because this is the largest tax increase for many of you and it came from the Republicans.
This is why many of you don’t mind getting screwed. because rather than view this as a more tax versus less regardless of party, many of you still argue red versus blue even when it’s against your best interest, lol.
But hey enjoy your higher tax bill to support the red cause in red States. ha ha ha
