Koch Troops Queasy About Killing State and Local Tax Deduction to Fund Tax Breaks for the Rich

The Koch brothers and their network of billionaire political spenders have made their marching orders to Republicans in Congress clear this year -- kill the Affordable Care Act and pass sweeping new tax breaks for corporations and the top 1% or don't come looking to us to bankroll your 2018 campaigns.

But in order to execute those orders, lawmakers may have to pay a steep political price by eliminating health benefits and tax breaks that benefit millions of middle income voters as well as state and local governments.

Pouring SALT Into the Wound

The Trump tax plan is already taking a pounding as a gift to the super rich and to Trump himself. The elimination of a popular tax deduction throws salt into the wound.

That explains why the troika of institutions that make up the Koch's state-based political network -- Americans for Prosperity, the State Policy Network, and the American Legislative Exchange Council -- are muted or silent on the proposed elimination of the state and local tax (SALT) deduction in the midst of the biggest push to overhaul federal taxes in almost 40 years.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/42498-koch-troops-queasy-about-killing-state-and-local-tax-deduction-to-fund-tax-breaks-for-the-rich


One way or the other these assholes want to kill people off, they want the money in health care system