Gavin Newsom: “California is the most progressive tax rate.”

“It's. By the way, just on that, just briefly, because I know you go through the affordability litany and everything else, but as it relates to tax policy, California is the most progressive tax rate. Places like Texas and Florida have the most regressive. They tax their low wage earners more than we tax our high wage earners. So the question is, who is the high tax state.” (1:09:30–1:09:33)

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