[noiseman]

I’m tired of the whining in predominantly blue enclaves about the SALT limitation in the tax bill. That change just brings us at least a little closer to how the Founders designed the country to be governed.

Most of the power and authority was supposed to rest at the local and state levels. The reason was because it is easier to hold those levels of government accountable. This tax change restores some of that intent by forcing the whiners to turn to their local elected officials and demand that they reduce excessive taxes. Just being lazy and passing that burden onto other taxpayers around the country, as SALT deductions do, is immoral and in contradiction to the Founders’ intent. That practice has served local tax and spend liberals well, because they could blunt much of the anger that would otherwise occur by getting others to pay their constituents’ tax bill.

Anyone who is upset about the new SALT limit needs to quit whining and start putting pressure on their local officials to reduce taxes and spending. If that happens, it would be a great outcome from this very wise provision of the new tax code.

[Alberta's Child]

All good points, but remember that the Founders never designed a country with an income tax.

[RedStateRocker]

Well, the founders probably didn’t envision a federal income tax, either. And they would have said ‘hell no’ if anyone had suggested.

Tariffs, and that is ALL the money the fedgov should get or need. Repeal the 16th and stop with the 800+ military bases around the world and payouts to people based on anything other than what they paid IN. SSI, yes, military pensions, yes, everything else except actual defense of our borders, HELL NO.

[RedStateRocker]

There is a difference between the rightness/wrongness of capping SALT with the actual political effect of flipping red districts blue.

Capping SALT probably hurt Republicans in high tax blue states; that’s the breaks and part of the price of Trump’s tax reform.

[angry elephant]

Anyone who is upset about the new SALT limit needs to quit whining and start putting pressure on their local officials to reduce taxes and spending. If that happens, it would be a great outcome from this very wise provision of the new tax code.

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Here in socialist Washington state there is little hope of putting pressure on our socialist legislators. I will be hurt a lot by the decreased property tax and interest deduction but on the other hand I have made money in the market. That is likely the case with most folks with large property taxes as well. Most people who pay for large expensive homes are not putting all their eggs in one basket, I would think.

[Magnum44]

This tax change restores some of that intent by forcing the whiners to turn to their local elected officials and demand that they reduce excessive taxes.

THIS!!!