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

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What a thread.

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Sure just as soon the GOP goes le pen from the populist missouri hicks

So, sometime in the last 3-10 years?

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...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.

40% of all taxpayers in NJ got SALT deductions: http://www.gfoa.org/salt

Property taxes in NJ matter to the middle class too. I'm not going to deny that the median household income in NJ is notably greater than the national average, but the average voter in New Jersey cares a lot about SALT.

Good to know the Dems care more about privileged suburbanites in New Jersey, while union rights are slashed in Wisconsin and Michigan. 

You are wrongly assuming that Democrats aren't far more pissed off than damn near any Republican about the latter.