Speaker 1: Hey, you remember the so called state and local tax
Speaker 1: cap passed by the Republican Congress seen along with Trump's
Speaker 1: tax cuts. Congress set a cap, or a limit on
Speaker 1: the state local tax deductions that people could take on
Speaker 1: their federal tax returns. Liberals were outraged. They said Republicans
Speaker 1: came up with this cap just to punish Democrats states
Speaker 1: with their high state local taxes. Since Blue state residents
Speaker 1: couldn't deduct those taxes anymore, taxpayers would start pressuring Democrats
Speaker 1: or run their states to lower their taxes. It's unfair.
Speaker 1: Four states, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Maryland sued.
Speaker 1: They argued that Congress had no right to limit state
Speaker 1: and local tax deductions because it was an evil plot
Speaker 1: to force these blue states into changing their tax policies.
Speaker 1: It was unconstitutional and mean spirited, they said. Well, on Monday,
Speaker 1: a federal judge rubbed salt into liberals wounds. A district
Speaker 1: judge has smissed the suit, ruling that the Blue states
Speaker 1: presented no constitutional principle preventing Congress from imposing a cap
Speaker 1: on tax deductions. The Republican Congress acted within their constitutional authority.
Speaker 1: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, the brother of Fredo, said
Speaker 1: that his state is going to evaluate their options for
Speaker 1: an appeal, but for now, liberal rage liberal ideology took
Speaker 1: a back seat to the law. It's a rare good
Speaker 1: day for justice.