Regarding George F. Will's April 4 column, "Democrats, don't pass the SALT (cap repeal)": When Republicans capped the state and local tax deduction (SALT) in 2017, they bragged about sticking it to blue states such as New Jersey. And they succeeded. The SALT cap has inflicted terrible economic pain on middle-class North Jersey communities. The deduction is crucial to our cities, and its capping has forced local governments to contemplate savage cuts to public services our neighbors rely on every day. Mr. Will wrongly uses a broad brush to characterize the SALT deduction. This deduction would help working families weighing cuts to college funds, home repairs and child care. Mr. Will's claim that Democrats are the "party of the wealthy" is laughably dishonest and easily disproved by our proposals to raise the corporate tax rate or my own push to close the carried-interest and stepped-up basis loopholes. When given a chance to send hurting Americans another stimulus check, every single Republican in Congress voted no. Democrats are really committed to tax fairness and relief for middle-class Americans.