… is, and frankly over the last 25 years have not made central to their argument is what happens in the tax code when, when you've had, in my judgment since, Since 1981, a real shift in tax policy [has been] heavily weighted towards the top. And when that person who, who's maybe whose father had had been able to support a middle class lifestyle in one paycheck, that same person doing similar work that their father did or their parents did wasn't able to stretch that paycheck as far. (16:25–16:35)
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Asserts that tax policy has favored the wealthy since 1981.
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