All we ever hear from the left is that we are all in this together and that we should all share the burden. But according to this bozo, if you have the right political ideology then you are a special class deserving of special treatment. According to his logic, the reason the blue states should have the tax cuts is because they are already paying more in taxes. Well, Dummy! the reason they are paying more in taxes is because the idiot voters in the area keep voting in Dummies like him who keep raising taxes for their liberal causes. The Red States are more conservative who believe that you should earn what you get and that government is not there to take care of everyone.
For a Democratic Party that pushes that everyone should be equal and that there needs to be less of a disparity between the "haves" and have nots", this certainly fly's in the face of that thinking. This is the epitome of Liberal hypocrisy and Liberal Elitist thinking which is because I think a certain way I am entitles to special privileges. For the people who do not make much money it is we will take money from the people who do not agree with us and give it to you, and for people who do make money it is we will not take money from you so that you can give it to us so we can advance the agenda we both agree on.
One irony of the tax increase that arrives on January 1 is that the it will hit residents of high-income, Democratic-leaning states like California, Connecticut, New Jersey and New York the hardest. This is a problem for pro-tax Democrats. Enter New York Representative Jerrold Nadler, who wants to exempt his own six-figure constituents from the tax hike he supports. Mr. Nadler's bill would "require the IRS to adjust tax brackets proportionally in regions where the average cost of living is higher than the national average." In other words, the various tax brackets would apply to residents in certain regions at higher income levels versus other parts of the country. A family with an income of $50,000 or even $1 million in Manhattan would pay less federal income tax than a family with the same earnings in Omaha. The bill is called the Tax Equity Act, but a more accurate title would be the Blue State Tax Preference Act. "The basic costs of life in the New York region are much steeper than in most parts the country," says Mr. Nadler. "The reality is that a dollar in New York isn't worth nearly as much as a dollar in Spokane or Knoxville or Topeka. It's time for our tax code to take reality into account when assessing someone's tax liability. That point about "reality" and the tax code could certainly use some fleshing out, but leave that aside. A big reason the cost of living is so high in Boston, Manhattan and San Francisco is because of high state and local taxes, union work rules, and heavy business regulation that make it more expensive to produce, sell and buy things. Why should someone in Spokane or Knoxville or Topeka be penalized because New York and California impose destructive policies? Mr. Nadler also conveniently forgets that the federal tax code already subsidizes high-cost states through the deductibility of state and local income and property taxes. An all-star line-up of liberal class warriors has nonetheless endorsed Mr. Nadler's effort to raise taxes on the rich everywhere but in their own districts. New York House Members Tim Bishop, Steve Israel, Nita Lowey, Carolyn Maloney and Carolyn McCarthy are cosponsors. Ms. Lowey, who has voted to tax anything that moves, now says that "When it comes to the tax code, one size just doesn't fit all" and laments that New York has "some of the highest property taxes in the country." But whose fault is that? So welcome to the brave new world of "tax equity." If you live in a state that voted for Barack Obama, you get a tax cut.
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