Dan Schwartz: “The commerce tax is effectively a tax on total revenue.”

“That commerce tax that was eventually adopted. Yeah, I mean, I think the commerce tax, again, this was part of Governor Sandoval's $1.2 billion tax hike. And The commerce tax is effectively a tax on total revenue. That's not how you tax people. So, yes, I was opposed to it. I think there are other ways to get revenue for the state, including cutting some of the costs.” (04:58–05:05)

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