Posted on 01/03/2018 5:01:46 PM PST by matt04
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo (D-N.Y.) said Wednesday that New York state will sue the federal government over the new Republican tax law, but legal experts are skeptical the lawsuit will hold up in court.
Cuomo said New York will challenge a provision of the law that limits how much Americans can deduct from their federal taxes for payments made to state and local governments. Many of the people most affected by that provision live in states run by Democrats, which tend to have higher state and local tax rates.
Cuomo, widely seen as a potential contender for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, said the provision is “violative of states' rights and the principle of equal protection.”
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Noo Yawkerz love to pay taxes.
I was on DU looking at a thread about this earlier today. Even the angry little girls over at DU realize that this is a pointless threat.
Representative government is an anathema to the Bolsheviks.
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Cuomo, one more crybaby.
Junior Thug talking about “states rights” ? Sounds racist. You’re not racist, are you, Andy ?
Hang it in your ear, Cuomo!
LOL. I predicted that the Dems would try to sue. I wouldn’t rule out them finding a sympathetic Federal judge willing to rewrite the Constitution.
Words cannot begin to describe this level of stupidity. It’s a violation of “equal protection” that they decided themselves to tax their citizens more than other states? And it is a state’s “right” to have their citizens get a larger refund on their federal taxes through a deduction that never existed prior to a law being passed allowing for the deduction, which has now been repealed? How do you have a “right” for a statute to exist allowing such a thing?
Mind boggling levels of stupid here.
How DARE the Federal government impede New York’s ability to tax its citizens into oblivion??
BS
If doubling the standard deduction isn’t enough to cover the ‘salt’ taxes. It is time to move.
Amazing how these DemocRAT stronghold states just do not want to follow the law. Sanctuary states, and all.
Whatta rube
He’s just trying to put his name out there.
I don’t know why Cuomo thinks he has an ice-cube’s chance in hell to become President.
They days when NY picked Presidential candidates is over. NY politicians are now a liability.
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
hey New York, he is going to waste your tax dollars
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
NY state lacks standing - they’re not paying the taxes.
But you can bet there is a Democrat judge ready to issue a restraining order on behalf of the Swamp.
I’m sure he’ll find a Judge more powerful than Congress and the President
Too True!
"...the new Republican tax law"
Last I checked, it is the Tax Law of the United States, duly passed by Congress and signed by the President. But that's OK, WAPO, come election time when everyone is still happy with their lower taxes, employer paid bonuses and robust economy, you can remind everyone that this was the 'fault' of the Republicans & Pres. Trump!
If new yorkers refuse to pay state taxes, eould the state arrest them?
What happened to no person is illegal?
Does that only apply to non-citizens?
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