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Cory Booker: “Paying taxes in America is a testimony to corporate…”

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 1:03:10

Do you want to talk about the need for a more efficient, more effective government that looks lowers the friction points for Americans that make them frustrated? Hell, just Paying taxes in America is a testimony to corporate corruption because there's a handful of corporations [involved]. Every time you want to make it easier, they come in because These tax fines, TurboTax and all of us. (1:03:10–1:03:19)

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Asserts that the tax system is influenced by corporate corruption.

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