Which States Would Be Hurt Most by Tax Proposals

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/30/opinion/states-tax-proposals.html

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To the Editor:

Re “Who Does Benefit From the Tax Cut Anyway?” (editorial, nytimes.com, Oct. 26):

Perhaps the most significant feature of your charts showing how each state would be affected by eliminating the deduction for state taxes is the political implication: The states whose residents would lose the most are mostly blue, and those least affected are mostly red. I find it difficult to believe that this is not a major consideration of Republican House members who support this proposal.

And given the high cost of real estate in most of the big blue states, I suspect the same is true of Republicans who support eliminating the mortgage interest deduction.

ALEXANDER W. ASTINLOS ANGELES