I mean, that's largely the folly of having high Federal taxes. One of the political parties has made it is mission to reduce those, thereby blunting the supposed unfairness of this quirky structure.
Overall I believe the wealthy are not taxed enough, but I think that even though SALT deductions benefit the wealthy, a taxable base should still be calculated rationally and fairly. It's more of a principle-based than result-based argument.
Other OECD countries are able to fund more progressive spending by (counterintuitively) taxing more regressively via broad-tax-base middle class taxes and VAT.
In contrast, taxing the middle class raises more money, which allows the government to spend more progressively.
High federal brackets make sense.