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Edward Markey: “Under Trump's big, ugly bill of last July of 2025…”

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 02:30

Our bill would tax wealth like work and close loopholes that let the ultra wealthy avoid paying taxes. This legislation is needed now more than ever, because Republican tax scams have only made our tax code more unfair. Under Trump's big, ugly bill of last July of 2025, millionaires and billionaires receive more in tax giveaways than 127 million American households combined. Who did more for our country last year? Those 127 million households are a handful of millionaires and billionaires. It's not even a question which is open for debate. (02:30–02:52)

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