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`ACo Alert <br />NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES <br />r,123242s�6' 440 FIRST STREET, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20001 <br />TeL 202/393-6226 <br />RECEIVED w <br />BOARD COUNTY Contact: Susan J. White, ALD <br />COMMISSIONERS ti <br />Chief Elected Officials, State Association Executives, <br />Board of Directors, and Steering Committees <br />FROM: Mike Stewart, President, NACo <br />DATE: Tuesday, July 17, 1990 \ <br />RE: Bipartisan Leadership Effort to Reduce the Federal Budget <br />Deficit Through Elimination of State/Local'Income Tax De- <br />duction. <br />URGENT!! PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION AND THE <br />BUDGET NEGOTIATORS LISTED ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE H <br />THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES (NACo) HAS LEARNED THAT <br />BUDGET NEGOTIATORS FROM BOTH PARTIES HAVE JUST DECIDED TO <br />ELIMINATE THE STATE AND LOCAL INCOME TAX DEDUCTION AS A MEANS TO <br />REDUCE THE FEDERAL DEFICIT. 'MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION <br />OF COUNTIES, AND ALL COUNTY OFFICIALS, ABSOLUTELY AND <br />UNQUESTIONINGLY OPPOSE THIS METHOD OF DEFICIT REDUCTION. <br />FOR THE PAST DECADE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN UNDERMINING <br />THE EFFORTS OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT WHEN IT HAS COME TO <br />REVENUE RAISING, WHILE IMPOSING MORE RESTRICTIVE AND REVENUE <br />CONSUMING MANDATES AND CUTTING BACK VITAL FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAMS <br />USED BY STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. DEDUCTABILITY HAS ALWAYS <br />BEEN ACCEPTED AS AN ESSENTIAL CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE TO PROTECT <br />THE INTEGRITY AND FISCAL INDEPENDENCE OF THE SEPERATE STATES AND <br />LO^...AL GOVERNMENTS . <br />REPEAL OF DEDUCTABILITY WOULD B INTERFERENCE WITH THE <br />MOST FUNDAMENTAL OF ALL STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT RIGHTS --THE <br />POWER OF EACH TO RAISE REVENUE AND FINANCE SERVICES AS IT DEEMS <br />APPROPRIATE.' <br />THE ATTACKS ON THE STATE AND LOCAL TAX DEDUCTION REPRESENT: <br />0 CONTINUATION OF THE SHIFT OF RESPONSIBILITIES TO LOCAL <br />GOVERNMENT. I' <br />0 DOUBLE TAXATION. <br />0 UNFAIR BURDENS ON THE MIDDLE CLASS. <br />THE LOCAL PROPERTY TAX WILL BE NEXT!!I M <br />Commissioner Wheeler personally felt if the federal <br />government did eliminate that deduction, it would save the State <br />of Florida money. <br />We have lost the right to deduct our sales <br />53 <br />