The pros and cons of SALT aside, it’s wild to pick this framing— “blue states are benefiting from a Trump policy!”—and not mention until the 17th paragraph that he’s the one who capped SALT deductions in the first place in 2017.
Tim Carvell
President Trump’s tax cuts are delivering bigger refunds and smaller tax bills to high-income, Democratic-leaning regions that didn’t vote for him.
Raising the deduction limit to $40,000 has eased the burden in higher-tax states such as New York.