We don't want you to grow, we don't want you to come here with your jobs because we're going to tax you on the jobs itself. So that, that's why I'm opposed to the, to the head tax. Listen, I advocated for a graduated income tax in a state that has a flat tax and, and pushed very hard to get a constitutional amendment which is what's required in Illinois to get that done. Very hard. I mean, I, I put my own personal money in, I ran on it, you know, so nobody can say that I'm somebody who's like, you know, just trying the medium and large sized corporations or something. (40:40–40:50)
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