We have a, a single flat rate income tax in Illinois. It wasn't working and of course that's regressive as heck. So you know, People at the lower end of incomes...were paying 13 or 14% taxes and people who are the wealthiest...were paying 3 or 4%. 3 or 4% of their income. So I wanted to have a graduated tax system. Now we weren't able to get it done. (18:23–18:39)
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