Rep. Duncan Hunter said GOP tax bill could cost Californians more than others, but he still supports

Rep. Duncan Hunter said GOP tax bill could cost Californians more than others, but he still supports it

Rep. Duncan Hunter said one proposal discussed as part of an income tax overhaul in Congress would hit his constituents and other Californians hard in their wallets, but he still supports a Republican plan to change the federal tax system because he believes it will help citizens across the country.

“Why punish the rest of the nation because California is stupid?” Hunter, an Alpine Republican, said in an Oct. 27 interview with KUSI. “It’s a tough vote for me, but I’m not gonna keep the economy down for the whole country because California has bad government.”

One early version of the tax code overhaul suggested revoking people’s ability to deduct their state and local property taxes on the federal income taxes, which disproportionally benefits taxpayers in states and cities with high taxes. One of the KUSI hosts told Hunter that Californians would “get hosed” by the GOP tax proposal.

“California, New Jersey, New York, and other states that have horrible governments, yes. It’s not as good for those states,” Hunter replied.

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