[theoilpainter]

My taxes will go up. I live in CA and pay substantial state taxes.

But good policy is good policy. There is no reason why the rest of American should subsidize CA.

[Codeflier]

You mean all those people with government jobs that create the appearance of blue states paying more in taxes than red states?

[Mariner]

“There is no reason why the rest of American should subsidize CA.”

That’s Stockholm Syndrome.

CA Taxpayers pay more federal income tax than any other state, both in total and per capita.

Additionally, the CA taxpayer sends more money to DC than comes back from DC in Federal expenditures of any and every kind. The same can be said of New York and New Jersey.

These three states subsidize most of the other, red states.

Edify yourself. And quit feeling guilty for getting raped.

[LostInBayport]

There is no reason why the rest of American should subsidize CA.

There might, MIGHT, be a silver lining for those of us in Taxachusetts/Massataxes.

There is going to be a ballot question next year to amend the state constitution to create a progressive income tax (it failed the last four tries). They are selling it as a "millionaire's tax", but once it is enacted it can easily be adjusted to tax the middle class. Maybe the loss of deducting state taxes on the federal form will prompt the voters to put the kibosh on yet another state tax increase.

And if they don't, I agree with your point: why should the rest of America subsidize Massachusetts voters who tax themselves to death?

[socalgop]

CA is already a huge net payor of federal taxes. This just increases the amount we subsidize everyone else.

[socal_parrot]

I live in CA also and what you are saying about the rest of the nation subsidizing the state is not true. For every tax dollar CA sends to the Feds, the state gets under a dollar in return. In 2017, CA received 99 cents for every dollar sent to DC. The average state gets $1.22 for every dollar sent to DC. South Carolina gets almost $8.00 This whole tax bill is just a further redistribution of tax dollars to states that are already "takers". Conservatives should be looking for a tax cut for all.

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