The purpose of limiting SALT deductions was to stop states from forcing everyone else to subsidize their "free sh*t for everybody" tax policies. If you want to live in a high-tax state, then be my guest. But everyone else shouldn't have to pay for your crazy socialist programs. If you actually have to pay the full price of your socialist policies then maybe you'll think differently. People always like "free" stuff so long as someone else is footing the bill.
You don't like it? Then vote to change it. Or move to a lower tax state. Just don't vote for the same socialist BS in the new state you move to, otherwise you'll just be bringing the "paradise" you tried to escape from with you. This is what people don't understand. The problem with where you currently live is NOT the place - it's the people. Only move from there if you don't think like everyone else around you, otherwise all you're going to do is ruin the place you move to and turn it into the place you just left. This is the MAJOR problem with immigration. I don't care what country (or state) you're coming from, but chances are YOU are part of the problem. All you're going to do is spread the low quality of living you're currently trying to escape from to where you move to like a disease.
This is why immigration needs to be limited. If you import too many foreign people, all you do is turn your country into their country and nobody is happy in the end. If someone wants to have your quality of life, they have to adapt to the culture they're moving to. I'm not talking about unique cultural things like what you wear or what food you eat. You have to adapt to the way of thinking of the place you're moving to. For example, if I moved to Japan I would still keep a lot of my own culture, but I would change the way I think and act to match THEIR culture because that's WHY their country is the way it is. And if I wanted to move to Japan, I would want to maintain the country the way it is because I like their country and want to be a part of it (hence why I would want to move there).
For example, in Japan, rules are paramount. Here in America if you were going to cross the street and you were waiting for the sign to tell you could you cross but there were no cars (let's say it's 3:00am), you'd just go while carefully keeping tabs of your surroundings so you wouldn't be surprised by a car and get hit. A Japanese person would NEVER do this. Even if there was no cars and no one else around to see you, you'd still wait for the sign to change to tell you that you could cross. That's stupid from an American perspective. But you know what? I'd adapt to that way of thinking. It helps to ensure social order. And God forbid someone actually saw me crossing against the sign. They'd be too polite to point it out, but I don't want to be the dumba$$ American that doesn't know (or worse, doesn't care about) the rules. I'd want to fit in as much as possible for a foreigner.
The problem is, too many people don't want to become a part of the country. They just want to escape their current situation. Then once they get to said country, they change it into where they just came from. All that does is inflict the same type of crap onto the poor people that already live there. The immigrants didn't like the way their country was, so why bring the same crap with them? They can't see that the problem is THEM and NOT the place they left. That's why it's important that we don't import too many immigrants. If the number is kept low enough, they (or their children at least) will adapt to the culture. If too many immigrants are imported, they overwhelm the culture of the country they move to. If I wanted to live in Mexico, I'd move to Mexico. I don't want my own country/state to be turned into Mexico.
And it's not just Mexico, it's ANY country. I like the American culture. I don't want my home to turn into France, Italy, Iran, Japan, Russia, etc. And yes, you can say that American "culture" isn't really our own because it's a mix of so many different cultures. That's true, but remember, immigration wasn't so massive in the past. The culture had time to change and adapt GRADUALLY. Each person brought a part of their culture with them, but their culture did NOT overwhelm the culture that currently existed. It added it's own spice to the mix. What's happening now is instead of adding a dash of salt to the soup, we're pouring 500lbs of salt into a cup of soup and expecting to still have a cup of soup in the end. Instead we're going to end up with an cup of salt (and 499.9 pounds of salt on the floor).
yes...send out the drones, lol (j/k)
