Why the GOP Tax Cuts Hit Blue States Hardest
Gov. Cuomo plans to sue the federal government over the new tax law (“Cuomo’s In,” Editorial, Jan. 3).
Why is he planning on wasting more of our tax money in a futile attempt to stop the tax cuts?
People have been leaving New York for decades because of high taxes, government waste, fraud and corruption. Yet nothing gets done to fix the problems.
Instead of complaining and wasting more of our money, shouldn’t the governor and Legislature get to work and fix these issues? Is the federal tax law the problem or is it New York state government?
People who live in a glass house shouldn’t throw stones, especially Cuomo. Patrick Nicolosi Elmont
Cuomo has complained that the new GOP tax code is biased and revengeful against Democratic-governed blue states because of the decrease in state and local tax (SALT) deductions for his constituents.
Why do citizens residing in states like Illinois, California and New York pay such exorbitant state and local taxes in the first place? The “red states” don’t have this problem.
I suspect that Cuomo knows the answer. Steven Dodge Pearl River
I don’t know why Cuomo is upset that the federal-tax overhaul disproportionately affects wealthier New Yorkers.
All we heard from President Barack Obama for eight years was that the rich “need to pay their fair share.”
Now that it’s happening, Cuomo and the Democrats are upset. President Trump is being blasted for something Obama wanted. Donald Ricco Stormville
No one can deny that the tax cuts will help the middle class by doubling the standard deduction and increasing the childtax credit.
For high-tax states, now is the time to tell your governors to lower property and school taxes, which everyone knows are strangling those in high-tax states.
We’ve heard for years that local taxes are too high, so do something about it. Donna Orosz New Hyde Park
It’s unfortunate that the tax-reform law limits SALT and mortgage-interest-rate deductions for high-income residents of blue states (“Ice Cold Polarization,” John Podhoretz, PostOpinion, Jan. 3).
That speaks to the larger problem of the tax policies of states governed primarily by Democratic governors and legislatures. It doesn’t suggest that the new administration has animus toward blue states. Rob Carbone Babylon Democrats call the tax cut a disaster that will benefit only the wealthy and big corporations and increase the national debt.
Republicans call the tax cut a great economic stimulus that will bring back jobs and wealth by encouraging industry to return to America, create new businesses and give average middle-class workers a break.
Judging by the stockmarket boom, the early evidence points to the Republicans being correct.
The fiscal result of millions of additional workers employed in an improved economy means more income tax will be collected even though the tax rates have dropped. The deficit may actually turn out to be a surplus. Arthur Horn East Windsor, NJ
Cuomo and other politicians from high-tax states have been giggling among themselves for years as their outrageously high state taxes paved the way for their left-wing programs at the expense of the buffoons in the red states.
Taxpayers in red states couldn’t write off the taxes that provided a massive flow to liberal coffers in California, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Illinois. Randolph West Point Loma, Calif.
New York, New Jersey and California complain it’s unfair to limit SALT deductions, but they had no problem when they were benefited by deductions that others couldn’t use.
Instead of blaming local representatives for mishandling state and local finances, they fault Trump and the GOP. Peter Provensale Somerset, NJ.