B&B in the News: WSJ op-ed applies Bootlegger/Baptist model to SALT tax debate

Opposing tax deductions apparently makes for strange political bedfellows

Writing in the May 18th print edition of the Wall Street Journal, William McGurn applies the Bootlegger/Baptist model to the current debate over whether to eliminate or expand the SALT (state and local taxes) tax deduction. Opposition to these measures includes progressives like Bernie Sanders, who see the deduction as another carve-out for the rich, al…