You still cannot grasp the difference between people keeping more their own money from confiscatory taxation, and direct cash payments from the government to Takers whose funds came from taxation itself. Perhaps you do understand, but you feign ignorance because the facts do not serve your argument.
This is a simple math problem and you two keep harping about a semantic difference when I’m just looking at the end result.
Look at it this way:
If your tax bill is $1000 and you take a $200 deduction then you pay $800.
If your tax bill is $1000 and you get a $200 subsidy then you pay $800.
When the net result of a subsidy or tax deduction is the same then there is no functional difference between a subsidy and a deduction.
In the case of the SALT people in states with higher state and local taxes end up paying less Federal taxes than people in states where people pay less state and local taxes.
You may see that as a deduction and God bless your heart for seeing it that way.
But I can assure you that your state government properly sees it as a subsidy because without the SALT people like yourselves will turn your attention to them and start demanding that they lower your taxes.
Again, I’d prefer a flat tax with no deductions whatsoever. Everyone pays the same regardless of how much they pay their CPA and their attorneys.