To the editor:
Under current law, you don’t have to pay federal income tax on money that you paid for state and local taxes — money that buys things like police, streets, schools.
Our representative to the United States Congress, Erik Paulsen, thinks that’s wrong. He voted this month for a tax law change that will make you pay federal income tax on some of the money you already spent on state and local taxes.
He wants to tax you twice. Won’t that be nice? Continue reading “Tax you twice, ain’t it nice?”