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Graham Platner: “We also need to fix the tax code because we cannot continue…”

Featuring: Graham Platner, Populist, Progressive | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Maine

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We also need to restrict the ability of senators and congresspeople to trade stocks and bonds. It's it's essentially legalized corruption and it needs to end. And We also need to fix the tax code because we cannot continue to tax wages at a higher rate than we tax wealth. That's a math equation that when you run to the end, it's easy to see who winds up with all the money. So those, I think those three things are going to be priorities for me legislatively. (22:04–22:15)

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Asserts the need to reform the tax code to tax wealth at a rate comparable to wages.

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