Jeffries: I Won’t Be Lectured By “Taker” Red States

“States like New York and New Jersey and Connecticut and Illinois and California, are donor states, we regularly send billions of dollars more to the federal government than we get back in return. We are donor states! So we’re not going to be lectured by people who are actually in what has sometimes been referred to as taker states, who actually receive more money every year from the federal government. Than they send in terms of taxpayer dollars as to what is fair and what is right.

“It’s actually not fair that you have many states in this country who subsidize other states. New York subsidizes other states, and so to provide some measure of relief through the state and local tax deduction, I think is a modest step toward balancing the revenues that come in and the revenues that come out.

“The people of New York are fine with continuing to be a donor state, but it is unfair to cap the state and local tax deduction at $10,000. And if my Republican colleagues were really interested in providing relief to middle-class taxpayers that they represent, then they would simply say and make clear that this budget should remain silent on the state and local tax deduction because by doing nothing, the cap disappears effective December 31st of this year.” – House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

Jeffries on SALT: States like NY, NJ, IL, CT, and CA are donor states. We send billions more than we take in. We are not going to be lectured by people who are in taker states who receive more money every year than they send as to what is fair and what is right pic.twitter.com/MT8PJqHyOh

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