Gavin Newsom: “I actually made the case for California's progressive tax…”

“But losing their mind. 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.” (45:25–45:30)

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