U.S. towns, cities fear taxpayer revolt if Republicans kill deduction

[blue-wave]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - From Pataskala, Ohio, to Conroe, Texas, local government leaders worry that if Republican tax-overhaul plans moving through the U.S. Congress become law, it will be harder for them to pave streets, put out fires, fight crime and pay teachers.

A tax plan approved by the House of Representatives on Thursday would sharply curtail a federal deduction that millions of Americans can now claim for tax payments to state, county, city and town governments.

Ending that deduction, the local leaders say, could make their taxpayers, especially in high-tax communities, less likely to support future local tax increases or even tolerate local taxes at present levels.

Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tax-local/u-s-towns-cities-fear-taxpayer-revolt-if-republicans-kill-deduction-idUSKBN1DH01D


This has been the republican strategy, with all their tax cuts, for decades. Strangle local government so they must raise taxes or cut essential services, then blame the cuts and tax increases on the local pols. Who cares as long as republicans hold the national offices. If passed, this will be a giant leap back to America's gilded age.

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. This is the response that we are getting from the shit gop congress people in

California, "The state taxes are too high so here is another plate of shit"

[elleng]

2. Damn right it will be harder for them

to pave streets, put out fires, fight crime and pay teachers.

Maybe they/we will learn something about how government WORKS!

[Hoyt]

3. This is what GOPers have wanted all along. We'll be driving on dirt Interstates before long and

going to hospitals that are tents and run like a field hospital in a war zone.

[BigmanPigman]

4. Just great!

Teachers already are over educated, experienced, and worked yet UNDERPAID. Now they will not even get to deduct more than $250 from out of pocket expenses for school supplies.

CA ranks 46 out of 50 states in the amount of money they give to each student! We do not have art, music, nurses, librarians, psychologists, custodians, computer techs, printers, ink, paper, office staff, aides, etc in the 8th largest district in the country. And who does all the work that is still there even though the staff has been rescued for over 15 years now...the teachers of course who work 50+ hour weeks and get constantly sick. I taught my students to vote, respect others, be good citizens and to follow the golden rule. I hope they take those lessons with them and do not vote GOP.

[strangedaysindeed]

5. So essentially

we'll be paying twice.

Once at the state and local levels, and once at the Fed level.

That's a hell of a scam. There doesn't seem to be a limit to what these Crooks can come up with.

[SaintLouisBlues]

6. The Oligarchs playing 3D chess while everyone else chases their tail

Defund local government, dumb down the population and privatize local institutions when it all goes to crap.

[dalton99a]

7. The rich can use their helicopter to get to the airport

They have no use for freeways or roadways