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Jim Walden: “We could raise over $30 billion in extra revenue in a very…”

Featuring: Jim Walden, Attorney, Former Candidate, New York City Mayoral Election 2025

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There are very simple interim solutions like a production tax where if we get cooperation from Albany and we put less than 1% tax on production, We could raise over $30 billion in extra revenue in a very time limited way [with a production tax]. So I'm not a tax and spend Democrat. I really believe in micro taxing to solve problems and having it be time limited. (12:14–12:32)

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