Ohio senior senator Sherrod Brown is introducing a tax cut for working class families only

[JohnnyRingo]

Watch how quickly republicans turn a 180 and tell us we can't cut taxes so frivolously and maintain a balanced budget. The bill will allow homeowners who don't itemize to deduct property taxes on their federal returns.

This excerpt is from my local NE Ohio paper today:

The legislation, known as the Homeowner Tax Fairness Act, would provide additional tax relief for up to 30 million Americans, including about 1.5 million Ohioans, for a total federal tax deduction of more than $2.9 billion for Ohio homeowners, Brown said Wednesday.

A temporary measure passed in 2008 allowed non-itemizing homeowners to deduct their property taxes, but capped the deduction at $500 per individual and $1,000 per family. The homeowner act would allow all filers to deduct the full amount of their property taxes permanently.


http://www.tribtoday.com/page/content.detail/id/555604/Bill-would-allow-for-tax-break.html?nav=5003

[white_wolf]

1. Strange how a state produces men as good as Brown and

Kucinich, and men as bad as Kasich and Boehner.

[JohnnyRingo]

6. Location, location, location

While the manufacturing area I live in that stretches from the east to beyond Cleveland, aka Rust Belt, is staunchly democrat, we suffer the professional elites from the capital and a vast expanse of rural votes to the Ohio River metropolis we refer to as North Virginia.

It's only the mass exodus of manufacturing jobs that has caused a union weakening emigration here and swung the balance over to the republicans in recent years.

[white_wolf]

7. That makes sense.

Most of TN reps are hardcore conservatives, but Memphis gave us Steve Cohen. Lucky them, I get Duncan.

[Enthusiast]

8. Swing state.

Every state is a combination of good people and bad people, Ohio most of all.

[Gabi Hayes]

2. looky here....first thing that came up on google when I put this in:

''sherrod brown vs. colin powell''

that was the first time I ever heard of him; the confrontation between him and the serial liar Colin Powell

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2160155

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&sugexp=ldymls&xhr=t&q=sherrod+brown+vs.+colin+powell&cp=30&pf=p&sclient=psy&site=&source=hp&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=sherrod+brown+vs.+colin+powell&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=7e7d8e26231a088d

does everyone remember the "don't go there" scene?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=artic... ¬Found=true

<snip>

Powell was recalling for the panel his review of the prewar intelligence. "I went and lived at the CIA for about four days to make sure that nothing was," he began, when he paused and glared at a staffer seated behind the members of Congress.

"Are you shaking your head for something, young man, back there?" Powell asked. "Are you part of these proceedings?"

Powell's unusual remarks threatened to derail the hearing. Rep. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), a 12-year veteran of the House, objected, "Mr. Chairman, I've never heard a witness reprimand a staff person in the middle of a question."

Powell shot back, "I seldom come to a meeting where I am talking to a congressman and I have people aligned behind you giving editorial comment by head shakes."

thanks, cocoa

[Gabi Hayes]

4. for anyone reading the DU link above, it's a very interesting walk down memory lane

of the few posts there, several have come true, and the reality reflected in the confron between Powell and Brown have shown just how venally mendacious Powell was, though he was portrayed at the time to have swatted down the 'callow' representative (6-termer though he was)

an example:

7. Ouch! Sherrod hit a sore spot didn't he?


This is one of the reasons I think he would make a terrific senator. He has been speaking out about this administration for a long time.

I like Hackett as well. Both men would make great senators. Perhaps one will have to wait to replace Voinovich.

[InkAddict]

3. Isn't that nice...

No doubt workers forced into long-term unemployment and home loss, making them renters forevermore who can easily have their SS and elderly benefits shredded, will pick up the tab. And the landlords can pay less, YAY!

[JohnnyRingo]

5. My, that's a bit cynical

On the flip side those landlords will have to pay taxes on the rental income. Plus you overlooked the fact that all landlords itemize their tax returns and will not benefit from this bill that affects only workaday homeowners who fill out simple returns.

Many smalltime landlords (like mine) took a beating when the housing bubble burst a couple years ago and are now stuck with the likes of me for the forseeable future with no viable means to raise rent enough to recoup their losses. Hasn't the man suffered enough? LOL

[JoeyT]

9. +1

Something like this isn't so much for working class families as upper middle class ones.

[Doremus]

11. It's for 1.5 million Ohioans. Middle class *is* working class.

FYI, upper middle class folks already itemize.

[AlabamaLibrul]

10. I rent - I get nothing. My landlord tried pushing his bullshit mortgage APR hikes on me but I won't

see a dime of this.

[bobbolink]

12. So single people and people not working can go fuck themselves, to quote Cheeeney.