Will the Dems go full-on Macron from here forward?

[Virginiá]

...and oh, look, here's Exhibit B:

The loss of SALT deductions hurt a huge amount of middle class and upper-class families in New Jersey and New York, not billionaires.

If you're a Democrat who thinks that the most important issue with our extremely regressive federal taxes is how it affects people who make well over six figures in any part of the country, you are a part of the problem described in this thread.

The median household in come in New York City is closer to $50k, and fewer than one third of residents are homeowners. Let's stop pretending that the concerns of people in the $150-$300k income bracket in any way resemble those of the average person, or even in the average voter.

It's a shame actually, because if Democrats would just stop saying they are going to restore the SALT to its former glory, they could make it easier for themselves in the future when passing high-cost policy like some sort of worthwhile healthcare reform (M4A, etc). Republicans have already taken the fall for that particular tax increase, and all Democrats have to do is leave it be.

It doesn't really make sense to campaign on high-cost policies while fashioning yourself as those willing to stick it to the rich, only to then campaign on returning favorable tax deductions to upper crust districts. No sense at all, and strategically moronic.

[Virginiá]

It makes perfect sense at least from an electoral standpoint. Voters want free s**t but don’t want to pay for it. When you ask Americans what they want to cut it’s never the big expensive items in the budget but is instead things like foreign aid and congressional salaries (which collectively make up less than 2% of the budget). Sometimes they might  want to cut military spending but even that’s not consistent.

Yea but not everything should be based on elections either. Policy still has to be paid for, unless we want to just adopt Republicanomics, where everything is just put on a the country credit card for future generations to be crushed with. Outside of districts where SALT is a top issue (and only if it's necessary for that candidate to win the election), Democrats should just leave this be until they are in a position to make policy, at which point they can decide whether it's best left in place to pay for things like Medicare-for-all, or whatever they have planned. I don't see why they would rush to restore SALT, then later on plan to raise taxes for big new programs. They should try to set this up so they raise the least amount of taxes at one time as possible. I mean, granted, I haven't thought about this a whole lot or crunched a lot of numbers, but I'm pretty sure taxing the rich isn't going to come close to covering the bulk of the Democratic Party's agenda.