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The three hottest days on record all occurred last week, punctuating intense heatwaves battering parts of the United States, China, Mexico, and India, among other nations. June was the world’s hottest month on record.

Since the 2017 tax reform bill capped state and local tax (SALT) deductions, legislators in high-tax states from New Jersey to Minnesota have ratcheted up rhetoric against supposed “moocher” states—states that critics claim do not carry their weight of the federal tax burden.