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Graham Platner: “We should also still raise taxes on billionaires and…”

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

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That if you're hovering right at the poverty line, that if you have to pay taxes and that now puts you below the poverty line, we shouldn't do that. I agree. I think that's a very, very good and fair idea. We should also still raise taxes on billionaires and corporations. That's how we're going to pull the money back. But it's important to remember Bezos wants us to think that he's like, look, if you just raise my individual taxes, that money right there isn't going to pay for all the things that you want. (14:04–14:10)

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