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If reelected, Trump would already have to grapple with a historically high national debt while promising to make the tax cuts passed during his first term permanent. Instead of deciding how he would offset the direct deficit effects of extending the tax cuts, he has ruled out reforming our unsustainable entitlements. Now, by calling for restoring the SALT deduction, Trump would be removing one of the policies that was put in place to limit the deficit effects of his 2017 tax-cut plan.</p>\n
Beyond being bad fiscal policy that fuels bigger government, restoring the deduction is terrible politics for a populist Republican presidential candidate. The states most affected by the SALT deduction are solid-blue ones that will not be competitive — led by California, New York, and New Jersey. We understand why swing-district House Republicans in those states may find it politically necessary to break with their party on this issue, but Trump is not competing in any of them. At the same time, the SALT deduction is the best opportunity Trump has to respond to charges that he only supports tax cuts for the rich, because the SALT deduction is the most prominent example of Democrats supporting a policy that overwhelmingly favors the wealthy</a>.</p>\n
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