I believe that we ought to tax, you know, even, you know, Warren Buffett will say that too, you know, that we ought to tax him more than we tax somebody who's a secretary in his business. And he's right. And We have a graduate income tax, by the way, at the federal level here in Illinois, we have a flat income tax. That doesn't seem fair to me. Oh, by the way, do you know who instituted the first graduating income tax for the United States? Abraham Lincoln. Just to remind you where you are. (33:16–33:23)
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Asserts that Illinois has a flat income tax, unlike the federal graduated income tax.
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