That is not how we should be functioning as a society. We need to make all of that go away and we can with a universal health care system. We need a tax code that's going to tax wages at a lower rate than we tax wealth because right now we do the opposite. That's a math equation you can run to the end. We need to remove the cap on Social Security contributions so we can fund Social Security forever and all time and expand benefits so Americans can retire earlier. (27:30–27:40)
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Asserts that the current tax code taxes wages at a higher rate than wealth, and suggests reversing this.
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