Bingo - you nailed it. Issa is almost certainly retiring in part due to this issue. His district is going to get murdered by the new tax law. He fought hard to change the direction of the bill, and championed a compromise that indexed your SALT deduction to income. But McCarthy and Ryan shot it down - it would have meant less revenue for the Feds and they needed that (our) money to make up for loss of revenue from slashing the corporate rate.
People on this board have been warning that these House seats are in serious danger, and not just the ones who voted for the tax bill. Issa sees what’s coming, and decided it’s best to leave on his own terms. Ryan will only care if he loses the House.
People on this board have been warning that these House seats are in serious danger, and not just the ones who voted for the tax bill. Issa sees what’s coming, and decided it’s best to leave on his own terms. Ryan will only care if he loses the House.
Dems are energized and with some of GOP base still having a tantrum about the tax bill I can see why Issa wouldn’t want to run. He barely won in 2016 and 2018 was always going to be harder with Trump in the White House.
“Issa is almost certainly retiring in part due to this issue.”
Tom McClintock and Dana Rohrabacher are next.
Both represent districts that are marginally Republican and their constituencies take the SALT deduction over 50%.
Queue funeral music.
Yep.
And no one seems to worry about it. Yet.
Bingo - you nailed it. Issa is almost certainly retiring in part due to this issue. His district is going to get murdered by the new tax law.
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Personal money and taxes get...well...very personal.