I believed that we needed a graduated income tax in the state of Illinois, that I should pay more and that working class people should pay less. Correct. He did not like that system. He wanted to pay a flat tax and the same as somebody who's just a working stiff. And he didn't want to pay anymore. And so he put up 50 plus million dollars to defeat it. And he succeeded. (20:10–20:16)
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Asserts that Ken Griffin opposed a graduated income tax and preferred a flat tax.
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