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Edward Markey: “In Massachusetts three years ago, we passed a millionaires…”

Featuring: Edward Markey, Democratic | U.S. Senate Massachusetts

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Introducing the Equal Tax Act with Rep. Ramirez. We need to stop putting wealth over work.

Published | Video Starts at 14:59

Thank you for your leadership. Thank you for your courage to challenge the status quo. Thank you. Thank you so much. In Massachusetts three years ago, we passed a millionaires tax to fund our schools, to repair our infrastructure, and it passed. And we'd like to think of Massachusetts as the model. In the same way, 250 years ago, on the streets of Massachusetts, people were saying, no taxation without representation. (14:59–15:14)

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