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Old 02-08-2018, 05:54 PM   #88
Jim in CT
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Originally Posted by detbuch View Post
But they would be paying even more federal taxes if they didn't have the higher deductions. What is being subsidized, is the high taxes of those who have to pay in liberal spending states. It makes it more palatable to taxpayers in states with the high taxes required to pay for programs if they can deduct high property taxes to defray the federal tax burden. It makes it a little more likely that tax payers in high tax states will complain about excessive state spending if they can't buffer that with federal deductions.

But, even though money is recouped back to the state because of federal deductions, those high tax states still manage to overspend and get into unsustainable debt.
"What is being subsidized, is the high taxes of those who have to pay in liberal spending states. "

Obviously true.

"those high tax states still manage to overspend and get into unsustainable debt"

Also true, especially here in CT, which now has unfunded debt to the tune of $35k for every human living in the state.
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