Gavin Newsom: “16 states tax their poorest residents more than California…”

“We could talk about taxation, which I did extensively in my state of the state a few weeks ago. I promoted, I wasn't defending. I actually made the case for California's progressive tax system. And I remind folks, 16 states tax their poorest residents more than California taxes its richest. Who's the high tax state? The most regressive taxes in America? That's Texas, that's Florida. Who are the high tax states?” (45:29–45:36)

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