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On the recordJanuary 9, 2018
Absolutely. And I found this sort of whole discussion of trying to punish taxpayers in California, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Illinois, and Pennsylvania to benefit States in the Deep South or other parts of the country that already receive more from the Federal Government than they give in return to taxes to be outrageous, and this will just continue the inequity. New York regularly sends $40 billion more to the Federal Government than we get back in return, and they have just made a bad situation worse. The same for California.
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Hakeem Jeffries
Democratic · New York

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