 Republicans Want To Tax Democratic States More To Pay For Tax Cuts For The RichWhen Republicans talk about cutting taxes, they generally talk about cutting the taxes of the wealthy and the major corporations under the absolute lie that those tax cuts will lead to prosperity for everyone else. But that s not working, and they know it. They just can t admit it. To make up for the shortfalls caused by these tax cuts, they now want to effectively raise taxes on certain other people: Their opponents, the Democrats.Their current tax reform plan calls for eliminating the federal deduction for state and local taxes. But wait, you might ask, how is that only raising taxes on Democrats? Doesn t that raise taxes on everyone? Well, yes, but this would disproportionately affect blue states   specifically, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and California.These are the states where taxpayers get the biggest deductions. Therefore, these people would see their taxes go up considerably more than people living in red states. These four states have high taxes, but they also have high property values and high cost of living. No red state ranks in the top 10 for this particular deduction. One might say that the low taxes in red states are better anyway, but then why is it that blue states tend to be more wealthy and prosperous?It s a well-known fact that blue states generally subsidize red states at the federal level. They send more dollars to the federal government than they receive. Red states, on the other hand, take in a lot more and pay a lot less to the federal government. Essentially, red states live off the backs of blue states while whining up one side and down the other about socialism and having to pay to subsidize other people.The national average for this particular deduction is just over $11,000, but the four states listed above all deduct more than $17,000. What better way to ensure that the residents of these states pay even more for the poverty in red states than to eliminate thousands of dollars of deductions?Republican lawmakers from these blue states are pushing back very hard on this, because it is, in effect, selective tax increase on people who actually do need to see their taxes cut. However, other Republicans are claiming that eliminating this deduction will actually allow Congress to lower other taxes.Oh, please. It won t work that way, not because it can t (this would raise enough money to pay for lower income taxes, if done right), but because Republicans are incapable of coming up with a plan that s actually beneficial to low- and middle-income Americans.Here s a novel idea: Why don t they eliminate certain tax breaks and loopholes that only apply to the top 1 percent, instead of one that the shrinking middle class benefits from too? Oh wait, they can t do that. They ll lose their rich backers if they do.Featured image via Alex Wong/Getty ImagesNews
republicans want to tax democratic states more to pay for tax cuts for the richwhen republicans talk cutting taxes generally talk cutting taxes wealthy major corporations absolute lie tax cuts lead prosperity everyone else but working know they admit to make shortfall caused tax cuts want effectively raise taxes certain people their opponents current tax reform plan calls eliminating federal deduction state local taxes but wait might ask raising taxes democrats doesn raise taxes everyone well yes would disproportionately affect blue states specifically connecticut new york new jersey states taxpayers get biggest deductions therefore people would see taxes go considerably people living red states these four states high taxes also high property values high cost living no red state ranks top particular deduction one might say low taxes red states better anyway blue states tend wealthy prosperous it fact blue states generally subsidized red states federal level they send dollars federal government receive red states hand take lot pay lot less federal government essentially red states live backs blue states whining one side socialism pay subsidized national average particular deduction four states listed deduce what better way ensure residents states pay even poverty red states eliminate thousands dollars deductions republican lawmakers blue states pushing back hard effect selective tax increase people actually need see taxes cut however republicans claiming eliminating deduction actually allow congress lower please it work way would raise enough money pay lower income taxes done right republicans incapable coming plan actually beneficial novel idea why eliminate certain tax breaks loopholes apply top percent instead one shrinking middle class benefits oh wait they lose rich backers image via alex imagenes
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT:  Republicans Want To Tax Democratic States More To Pay For Tax Cuts For The RichWhen Republicans talk about cutting taxes, they generally talk about cutting the taxes of the wealthy and the major corporations under the absolute lie that those tax cuts will lead to prosperity for everyone else. But that s not working, and they know it. They just can t admit it. To make up for the shortfalls caused by these tax cuts, they now want to effectively raise taxes on certain other people: Their opponents, the Democrats.Their current tax reform plan calls for eliminating the federal deduction for state and local taxes. But wait, you might ask, how is that only raising taxes on Democrats? Doesn t that raise taxes on everyone? Well, yes, but this would disproportionately affect blue states   specifically, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and California.These are the states where taxpayers get the biggest deductions. Therefore, these people would see their taxes go up considerably more than people living in red states. These four states have high taxes, but they also have high property values and high cost of living. No red state ranks in the top 10 for this particular deduction. One might say that the low taxes in red states are better anyway, but then why is it that blue states tend to be more wealthy and prosperous?It s a well-known fact that blue states generally subsidize red states at the federal level. They send more dollars to the federal government than they receive. Red states, on the other hand, take in a lot more and pay a lot less to the federal government. Essentially, red states live off the backs of blue states while whining up one side and down the other about socialism and having to pay to subsidize other people.The national average for this particular deduction is just over $11,000, but the four states listed above all deduct more than $17,000. What better way to ensure that the residents of these states pay even more for the poverty in red states than to eliminate thousands of dollars of deductions?Republican lawmakers from these blue states are pushing back very hard on this, because it is, in effect, selective tax increase on people who actually do need to see their taxes cut. However, other Republicans are claiming that eliminating this deduction will actually allow Congress to lower other taxes.Oh, please. It won t work that way, not because it can t (this would raise enough money to pay for lower income taxes, if done right), but because Republicans are incapable of coming up with a plan that s actually beneficial to low- and middle-income Americans.Here s a novel idea: Why don t they eliminate certain tax breaks and loopholes that only apply to the top 1 percent, instead of one that the shrinking middle class benefits from too? Oh wait, they can t do that. They ll lose their rich backers if they do.Featured image via Alex Wong/Getty ImagesNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: republicans want to tax democratic states more to pay for tax cuts for the richwhen republicans talk cutting taxes generally talk cutting taxes wealthy major corporations absolute lie tax cuts lead prosperity everyone else but working know they admit to make shortfall caused tax cuts want effectively raise taxes certain people their opponents current tax reform plan calls eliminating federal deduction state local taxes but wait might ask raising taxes democrats doesn raise taxes everyone well yes would disproportionately affect blue states specifically connecticut new york new jersey states taxpayers get biggest deductions therefore people would see taxes go considerably people living red states these four states high taxes also high property values high cost living no red state ranks top particular deduction one might say low taxes red states better anyway blue states tend wealthy prosperous it fact blue states generally subsidized red states federal level they send dollars federal government receive red states hand take lot pay lot less federal government essentially red states live backs blue states whining one side socialism pay subsidized national average particular deduction four states listed deduce what better way ensure residents states pay even poverty red states eliminate thousands dollars deductions republican lawmakers blue states pushing back hard effect selective tax increase people actually need see taxes cut however republicans claiming eliminating deduction actually allow congress lower please it work way would raise enough money pay lower income taxes done right republicans incapable coming plan actually beneficial novel idea why eliminate certain tax breaks loopholes apply top percent instead one shrinking middle class benefits oh wait they lose rich backers image via alex imagenes