Mike Lawler: “There are red states, in fact, that get more money from the…”

“You know, the reality is New York is a donor state. We send more money to the federal government than we get back. There are red states, in fact, that get more money from the federal government than revenue they send. So the reality is everybody could sit and play the game of who's subsidizing who. To me, this is an issue of fairness. It's an issue of double taxation.” (06:02–06:09)

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