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Cory Booker: “It doesn't cost anything. If you are taking away all of…”

Featuring: Cory Booker, Democratic | U.S. Senate, New Jersey

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Cory Booker GOES OFF on Trump and Democrats' Tax Plan

Published | Video Starts at 1:00:10

And so this is not that they're making too much money, but that we shouldn't be looking to benefit people across the income scale. And so what I'm simply saying is that It doesn't cost anything. If you are taking away all of these tax avoidance schemes of the largest corporations and you use it to fund this, then it costs nothing. It's just stopping the people at the top who have been benefiting from a rigged system and finally letting the people in our country who are working have the benefits of this democracy. (1:00:10–1:00:22)

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Asserts that eliminating tax avoidance schemes by large corporations can fund tax relief without additional cost.

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