[CottonBall]

And those getting mad at the feds removing the deductibility of their exorbitant state taxes need to put the blame where it really lies – on their state legislatures.

Federal and state taxes should never have been mingled in the first place. They are both meant for totally different things.

[MRadtke]

I agree completely. I don't think it proper that a state government can raise its own tax rate and then decrease what the people need to pay to the feds. A completely separate tax and unfair to the folks who live in a lower taxed state. But then Pelosi won't care about that.