boo hoo

some in NY are whining bc they wont be able to write off their Dem-induced property taxes.

hey, vote those morons out, the Dems who raise your taxes so they can profligately waste, waste, waste your $$$$$ to hteir liberal, diabolical heart's content

don't feel sorry for people who won't be able to write off their prop taxes on a $200,000 home

nope... not when there are homeless people in this country who sleep in cars and etc...

some are now able to write off state and local taxes but not under the new tax reform bill. Either the House or Senate bill gets rid of that write-off. When they go to conference, we don't know if that provision will be kept or not, but anyway

I think lower income people should maybe be able to write off half or all of their SALT. Maybe everyone should be able to write off, say, 5% or something. But again... hard to feel sorry for people writing off huge amounts of money (SALT). And if it is taken from them, they will then do the right thing and complain loudly to the idiots (Dems) who hike up their taxes to ridiculous levesl

so it's a good thing 

There should be no special rules for one class of people, whether they be poor or rich.

That means, whatever is able to be deducted from income should be deducted for all.  All should pay the same rate of tax.  Period.

well, that's why I said even high incomes should get some % of their SALT written off. On the other hand, there are too many write-offs, imo
How can you have simplified tax returns w/ all the write offs, for one thing...

Part of the definition of a slave, is one who is taxed without consent....

I don't think so
while it is bad to be taxed "without consent" (representation)
it is not the same as working for virtually nothing (slavery). I don't think blacks would appreciate you saying that

boo hoo

some in NY are whining bc they wont be able to write off their Dem-induced property taxes.

hey, vote those morons out, the Dems who raise your taxes so they can profligately waste, waste, waste your $$$$$ to hteir liberal, diabolical heart's content

don't feel sorry for people who won't be able to write off their prop taxes on a $200,000 home

nope... not when there are homeless people in this country who sleep in cars and etc...

Not sure where you live or what your basis of comparison is, but in a lot of places a $200,000 home is nothing to brag about. Rather, in many areas it's considered entry level for lower middle-class families who are scraping to meet the mortgage every month. You tend to paint with a pretty wide brush, imho. 

don't feel sorry for people who won't be able to write off their prop taxes on a $200,000 home

I think the average American home is $225,000. One who owns a $200,000 home is average, not rich. 

The problem is not taxes, it is outright theft disguised as taxes by the parasites that run governments directly and indirectly to line their own pockets.

 “The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.” (de Tocqueville)

Quote from: Last Tradhican on Today at 02:21:34 PM
It depends on the apartment building, what is the rent? Some rents are higher than a $200,000 house mortgage.

The average American home is average, not rich. We are talking about a statistic, not some emotion.

ha ha to that last thing
it seems you are the one who can't see the facts. The fact is that society needs to be concerned about the most needy, not the ones who have what they need. that has nothing to do w/ emotion. but i have noticed a lot of Catholics have little regard for the poor and homeless... Republicans in general think it is all their fault they are in that condition. What a lie that is.