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Showing Original Post only (View all)Cuomo Plans to Sue U.S. Government Over State Tax Break Change [View all]
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/cuomo-plans-sue-u-government-202047608.htmlNew York Governor Andrew Cuomo said his administration plans to sue the federal government over the new Republican tax law, on the grounds that its unconstitutional because it discriminates against New York and other states that voted against President Donald Trump. Make no mistake, theyre robbing the blue states to give money to red states, Cuomo said during his State of the State speech in Albany Wednesday. It is an economic civil war. It is illegal and we will challenge it in court as unconstitutional.
Cuomo, who described the Trump presidency as the most hostile federal administration in history, said the changes to state and local tax deductions in the bill will raise New Yorkers property and income taxes by at least 20 percent. The governor added that New York state already contributes $48 billion more annually to the federal government than it gets back.
Critics of the state and local tax deduction have said the break effectively lets the federal government subsidize high-tax states. The bill signed by Trump on Dec. 22 sets a new $10,000 limit on state and local tax deductions for federal income taxes starting on Jan. 1.
The impact of the tax law is a question of New Yorks economic viability long term, a question of New Yorks competitiveness long term, Cuomo said. The threat from this federal government is not going to derail the great state of New York, I promise you.
In addition to challenging the law as unconstitutional, Cuomo said he plans to start a campaign to repeal and replace the new tax law. And, he said hes considering workarounds to respond to the changes, including restructuring New Yorks current income and payroll tax system, and creating new opportunities for making charitable contributions to support public programs.
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Should be interesting to see if this gains traction. If it does i'm sure other blue states will join and it will become a class action lawsuit.
I'm thinking the American people who are against the federal tax bill as a whole should sue the government.
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That seems to be an assertion without an actual argument to back it up. If "discriminating"
PoliticAverse
Jan 2018
#1
agree, may not have any legal standing but Cuomo does have a law background and grounds are not
onetexan
Jan 2018
#4
Except that the KGB/GOP made a point of actually admitting they were punishing the Blue states
OregonBlue
Jan 2018
#9
Seems like it would be diffficult to prove that this was indeed the motivation unless there are some
Nitram
Jan 2018
#8
There is live tape of various KGB/GOP leaders admitting it in interviews and snickering.
OregonBlue
Jan 2018
#10