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Gavin Newsom: “We have the highest tax rate, but not the highest taxes in…”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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Conversation Between Gavin Newsom and Michael Savage on Politics, Health, and Society

Published | Video Starts at 19:35

But there's a point at which I will leave this thing and that will be taxation without representation. I could go to Florida and pay no state tax. Right, Right. Yeah. I mean, the reality is you're. We have the highest tax rate, but not the highest taxes in America. Who has a higher state tax tax rate? The vast majority of people are not you. They're not the 1%, which means 99 of other people. I'm subsidizing them. (19:35–19:39)

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Asserts that California has the highest tax rate but not the highest overall taxes in the U.S.

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