Category: Tax Policy
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The standard deduction killed itemizing for the middle class
The 2017 tax law nearly doubled the standard deduction and gutted itemized deductions. The real winners weren’t middle-class families — they were the wealthy.
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SALT caps were good policy and blue states won’t admit it
The $10,000 SALT cap mostly hit high earners in high-tax states. Repealing it would be one of the most regressive tax moves of the decade.
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Property taxes are the most regressive tax nobody talks about
Property taxes hit working homeowners and renters harder than the wealthy, with assessments that systematically favor expensive properties. Here’s the data.