IGE:  "I'm going to work hard so you can keep deducting your state taxes."  "And just to make sure you folks can deduct even more, I'm going to push for higher taxes on you next year!!!"  

Only a politician (and not a very good one) could use such logic.  Talk about a three card monty play.  He complains about the deduction going away while hoping everyone overlooks the fact that Hawaii needs that deduction because of how high our taxes are in the first place!!!!