Fox New
A federal judge handed the Trump administration a win Monday, dismissing a lawsuit from states with high taxes.
The lawsuit asked U.S. District Judge J. Paul Oetken to block the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act’s limit on how much people can deduct in state and local taxes (SALT). The provision effectively raised the tax burden on citizens of high-tax states.
New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Maryland brought the suit in July 2018, claiming the tax deduction limit was a way for the Trump administration to stick it to blue states. The judge ruled that the limit did not violate the 10th Amendment, which says that powers not delegated to the federal government in the Constitution are left to the states. More
Hmmm…I was under the impression that the people in these states wanted higher taxes.
Trump’s not sticking it to anybody. The Blue states (or any state for that matter with this sort of tax loophole) has been screwing the rest of the country for years forcing them to pay for expensive social programs that the libs use to remain in power.
This just gets better. The Judge is openly gay, married to a man and was appointed by Obama. Wow, an Obama Judge that actually follows the letter of the law. I bet the lawyers for the suing states pissed themselves when the verdict was rendered.
I’m glad to see this, I’m tired of subsidizing the rich taxpayers in these States.
Can’t wait for a reaction from Fredo’s brother!
GOOD.
Your Taxes are Your problem.
Those deductions were a scam from Day One.
Deducting Your Taxes and passing it on the the rest of U.S.
Hope Nancy and Co quintuples taxes in Califffya
Hope she turns the whole state into soylent green
Hope you enjoy YOUR just desserts
Oh man, how is CA going to pay for their illegals NOW? lol
I guess they can raise the gas tax again?
Finally an overdue gesture to ‘flyover country’ !
@MJA – I did just receive a mailer asking if I was open to a parcel tax with the proceeds going to some mountain conservancy. No! Make the state pay for it out of the abusive taxes they already collect!
BTW CA gas prices are very high right now, partially the newly increased tax but even more so because some CA refineries (of which there are few) had unplanned shutdowns – and of course CA cars can only drink CA fuel.
So OnT
“. .But his point is, ‘we need to hurt them because otherwise they’re going to be taking money out of your pocket.’ ”
~Tom Steyer
The Derp* State is going crazy over the changing winds of fortune. Things seem to be falling apart for them and they are panicking. Think I’ll treat myself to some popcorn.
*Derp State – I copped that from Wyatt @SayWhenLA on Twitter.
Darn acronyms – I was trying to figure out what state had Strategic Arms Limitation Talks Salt going on
Those states can fix it in an afternoon. Lower their taxes.
I have a better chance of meeting G-d than that happening, but it IS doable.
In MD the 10K tax write off limit on residential
property only effects the big ticket home owner
who is wealthy enough to to pay up. Screw ’em.