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James Talarico: “If you have tax rates on the richest people like we had in…”

Featuring: James Talarico, Democratic | Texas House of Representatives, District 50

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Published | Video Starts at 41:24

We can talk tax policy another time. And I'm not proposing people in my email inbox. I'm not talking to you here. And I'm not proposing a maximum income. If you have tax rates on the richest people like we had in the 1950s and 1960s, a lot of people are no longer going to be billionaires. And that is just going to be the result of a fairer economy. So if that's the result, so be it. But I'm not trying to put a ceiling on success. (41:24–41:36)

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Asserts that implementing tax rates from the 1950s and 1960s could reduce the number of billionaires.

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