“They got $800 from me and forced somebody else to pay $200 on my behalf.”
And in the case of how SALT impacts Federal taxes that someone else who pays the $200 is my family because we live in a state where we don’t get the same value of deduction as you do.
So if you and I make the same amount of money then you pay less in Federal taxes than I do due to the SALT. And the Federal tax I pay makes up the difference that you don’t pay.
“And in the case of how SALT impacts Federal taxes that someone else who pays the $200 is my family because we live in a state where we don’t get the same value of deduction as you do.”
You are back to the zero-sum game.
I am single and over 6 figure income. I am certain I pay more income tax than you and your family.
How is it that you would be subsidizing me, even assuming the exact same income?