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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated

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To: Lane3 who wrote (86913)11/18/2004 7:44:27 AM
From: KyrosL  Read Replies (1) of 793903
 
>>I don't have any sense of the logic behind it.<<

Eliminating deduction of local taxes is an obvious reward for red states and punishment for blue states. Red states rely largely on sales taxes, which are not deductible, and have low local taxes in general, while blue states have heavier local taxes and have much heftier local income taxes.
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