Trump says his mega MAGA ballroom won't cost voters a dime. Here's why that's a lie

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7. It's to a historical association, so yes.

But it comes off your federal income taxes to help produce an adjusted gross income. You still pay payroll tax on any payroll portion. Payroll tax =/= federal income tax.

But doing this and claiming it's a subsidy is up there with pointing out that your personal and standard deduction are actually to a decent part (unless you're in the group that pays no federal income tax) subsidies. It assumes all your income is federal income unless you're allowed to keep it; that's been historically (and by constitution and statute) backwards.