00:00Alright, Zaire, what do you got?
00:04This is from teachers and people all over this country in states where they don't have
00:11the kind of resources that New Jersey taxpayers make available.
00:14What kind of crisis is this going to be?
00:16And if you're a New Jersey taxpayer, this is not the first time I'm going to say it.
00:20Because, dear God, we pay too much taxes.
00:24We do. Let's just say it.
00:26And I'm saying that to say, your federal representatives are partly responsible.
00:32Because when Donald Trump took away our state and local tax deductions,
00:37and people think this is just for affluent people.
00:41I live in a very humble home in Newark, New Jersey.
00:44My taxes, in the Central Ward, I'm the only citizen that lives in a neighborhood,
00:49if we don't mistake wealth for work, but my neighborhood is going to poverty line.
00:52And yet, homeowners in my neighborhood are still paying more than $10,000 in property taxes.
00:58This was an attack on working class, middle class Americans.
01:02Again, why? For a tax cut that went disproportionately to the wealthiest of the wealthy.
01:07And if you're a New Jerseyan, for every dollar you send to Washington,
01:11we're what's called a donor state.
01:13For every dollar we send to Washington, we get somewhere between 65 and 70-ish cents back on our dollar.
01:20In other words, we are paying for other states that get more than the dollars that they send.
01:26So what an insult to our state.
01:28And to have your property tax bills go up, because the federal government is cutting its commitment to our special needs kids,
01:35and now we have to pay more to make up for those programs, or lose them.
01:39That is outrageous. And that's why, and again, I'm going to say this over and over,
01:43this is not a left or right issue, this is a right or wrong issue.
01:47If any of our Republicans, if any of our Republicans vote on a tax plan,
01:56because remember how narrow it is in the House,
01:59if three House Republicans break with the President, this bill sinks.
02:05And we happen to have three Republicans in our delegation.
02:08And if they're going to support something that's not going to restore our state and local tax deduction,
02:15or that's going to punish middle class and working class New Jerseyans on behalf of the wealthy of us,
02:20who again, I'm never going to hate on anybody in New Jersey,
02:23I love all New Jerseyans regardless of what your income is,
02:26but the wealthy in this country are doing very well.
02:28They don't need another tax cut.
02:30And so if those Republicans stand against New Jerseyans, against special needs kids,
02:35against public education, we should stand against them in the next election.
