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𝐇𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐄𝐌 𝐉𝐄𝐅𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐏𝐀𝐘𝐒 $𝟐𝟏𝟑 𝐀 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑 𝐈𝐍 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐘 𝐓𝐀𝐗𝐄𝐒 — 𝐘𝐄𝐒, 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘⁣⁠⁣⁠⁣⁠Every time Democrats start preaching about “paying your fair share,” remember this: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries — one of the loudest voices for “tax justice” — pays $213 a year in property taxes on his Brooklyn condo.⁣⁠⁣⁠⁣⁠𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧. 𝐃𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐬.⁣⁠⁣⁠⁣⁠Meanwhile, regular New Yorkers are getting crushed with bills in the $18,000 range for homes worth a fraction of his.⁣⁠⁣⁠⁣⁠Here’s how the scam worked: back in 2007, when Jeffries became a New York Assemblyman, he co-sponsored legislation tweaking a program called 421-A — a sweetheart tax break meant to “incentivize affordable housing.” The fine print? It froze property tax rates for up to 50 years on buildings that met a 20% low-income quota.⁣⁠⁣⁠⁣⁠Wouldn’t you know it — Jeffries’ million-dollar condo just happens to qualify under the program he helped rewrite.⁣⁠⁣⁠⁣⁠𝐒𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 “𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐲” 𝐚𝐧𝐝 “𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬,” 𝐡𝐞’𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐱𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚 𝐌𝐂𝐃𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐃’𝐒 𝐌𝐄𝐀𝐋 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐍.⁣⁠⁣⁠⁣⁠And people wonder why middle-class Americans have zero faith left in the system. It’s not about “fair share.” It’s about insiders taking care of insiders.⁣⁠⁣⁠⁣⁠𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 — 𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬.⁣⁠⁣⁠⁣⁠