Article snippet: Red states are using blue states as their new piggy bank in the GOP Congress. On big legislative issues such as tax reform and ObamaCare repeal, Republicans in the Senate have sought to redistribute federal funds from New York, New Jersey and other blue states dominated by Democrats to the red states in the South, Midwest and Great Plains that are mostly represented by the GOP. The most recent example is a GOP tax plan that would limit local and state sales, income and property tax deductions — which would hurt suburban taxpayers in blue states with high property taxes. “I think my observation would be yes,” House Democratic Caucus Chairman MORE (D-N.Y.) said in response to a question about whether he thought Republicans were targeting blue states. “It is unfortunately a further attempt to divide America when we should be trying to bring it together. The president is dividing America. The Republican Congress and the Ryan-McConnell tax scam bill is going to further divide America if enacted,” he added, referring to Senate Majority Leader MORE (R-Wis.). While the House bill preserves a maximum $10,000 property tax deduction, the Senate tax bill would go even further by completely eliminating the deduction. The more stringent Senate bill reflects a political reality: There are no Republican senators from the states of California, New York and New Jersey, while in the House, blue-state Republicans won a concession. Six states claim more than half of the value of th... Link to the full article to read more