“The rich do not want the same thing as the poor….
Those who do not need public services—because they can purchase private
transport, education, and protection—do not seek the same thing as those who
depend exclusively on the public sector.”— British
historian/essayist Tony Judt (1948-2010), Ill Fares the Land (2010)
The next few weeks may bring about the ramifications
of this in the Republican tax plan now unveiled on Capitol Hill. Maybe the hit
to the state-and-local tax deduction—especially common in states such as
New York and New Jersey, which tend to fund public services more
generously—will help leave this bill dead on arrival. We shall see. But, far
from “draining the swamp” in DC, this bill only leaves the alligators—those in
the 1%--more alive than ever.
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