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Do you not see your own bias? I'm criticizing both sides for using a pandemic for political gain while you openly shun one side and trivialize the same behavior of the opposite.

Sure, I shouldn't have said reform. But are you seriously going to pretend that it isn't a political move by the Democrats when they were so vocal in 2018 in their opposition? [1]

Money quote:

""" Cuomo said New York will challenge a provision of the law that limits how much Americans can deduct from their federal taxes for payments made to state and local governments. Many of the people most affected by that provision live in states run by Democrats, which tend to have higher state and local tax rates. """

The irony in all of this is that I'm not a US person. I can't vote and am not on the path to residency. I have no dog in this fight. This is a literal replay of the silly argument that I got into recently that started this thread.

[1] - https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/01/03/cuomo...

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Oh don't get me wrong, I'm aware I'm biased. You just picked a bad example. Just because lifting the SALT cap temporarily is politically advantageous, doesn't mean it doesn't help lots of people. All kinds of tax relief are on the table[1][2][3] as part of the Covid response, so why call just this one "political"?

If you live and work in the US, you probably pay US taxes, so you do have a dog in this fight whether you like it or not.

1. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/memorandum-d...

2. https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus/new-employer-tax-credits

3. https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus/coronavirus-tax-relief-for-b...