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Edward Markey: “There's an extra dollar minimum that every American is…”

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 03:42

We working people are paying more in taxes, more in regressive tariff sales taxes, more at the pump. It is now Trump at the pump. It's now Trump's pump. There's an extra dollar minimum that every American is paying for gasoline in addition to home heating oil and natural gas because he [Trump] decided to wage an illegal war against Iran. And all of that cascades right down onto the kitchen tables of ordinary Americans as they try to budget and pay taxes in the month of April of 2026. (03:42–03:58)

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Asserts that Americans pay at least an extra dollar for gasoline due to Trump's actions against Iran.

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