Where do these hypothetical famines live? If they live in high tax California, they’re not able to deduct the oppressive taxes they pay to the state. So, a tax increase on their federal returns, right?
Not necessarily.
The brackets are wider and rates are lower.
If CA/NY/NJ/etc residents don’t like their tax rates they can vote out all their state lawmakers.
At these income levels, the increased standard deduction covers it. I live in California, am working class and can attest.
According to the news about the bill that passed the Senate, the deduction for local property taxes would still be there for up to $10,000, and the mortgage interest deduction, to $1 million.
If they're earning 60K to 100K, the larger standard deduction probably means they wouldn't have enough to itemize anyway.
Within the specified income brackets, they probably are not itemizing.
And not stated: the death of the individual mandate penalty will give a lot of people a major boost.