Letter to the Editor: GOP tax plan bashed by area reader of O-Record

To the Editor:

The GOP tax plan will crush the middle class, and it will decimate students’ educations. Cathy McMorris Rodgers won’t even address the bill with her own constituents. She certainly won’t address education because of the damage she is inflicting on our next generation. Currently, student loan interest deduction allows students to lower their taxable income by $2,500. Cathy supports a tax bill that will take away all student loan interest deductions. One student illustrated how, with the current plan at 15%, her yearly tax would be $4,192.80; under the new Tax Cut and Jobs Act the...