Jacobin: Democrats’ Lies About Tax Breaks Sound a Lot Like Republicans’

If you only listened to Democratic lawmakers, you might think these numbers are dramatically different in Democratic states with higher state and local taxes — but “there is no state where this is a primarily middle-class issue,” reported the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.

As just one example: the group’s state-by-state analysis found that in New York, a SALT deduction cap repeal would provide 85 percent of its benefits to the richest 5 percent. Read more