“What I’m saying is that federal taxes are to fund the federal government. Deducting State taxes means that federal taxes are indirectly funding State taxes.”
This thread is about the question of whether or not the “tax reform” bill will hike people’s taxes. I think it is undeniable that for millions of middle class taxpayers, it will result in higher federal taxes. Whether those tax increase are justifiable, as you suggest, is a different issue.
This thread was to counter the democrat lie that this tax cut is only for the rich and that the poor working class people are the hardest hit.