Gavin Newsom: “Unlike states like Texas and Florida that tax their lowest…”

“Our tax code fundamentally needs to be reformed. I do believe there should be progressive taxes at the federal level. I believe in a progressive tax system we defended here. Unlike states like Texas and Florida that tax their lowest wage earners more than we tax our highest wage earners. Those are the high tax states. They can't get their arms around that. Not everyone's in the 1%. Folks out there defending the 1% don't seem to give a damn about 99% of you.” (59:40–59:48)

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