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Jon Stewart: “Lower tax rates on capital than labor, untaxed or barely…”

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Sen. John Fetterman on Democratic Divides, DSA & Israel | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

Published | Video Starts at 35:35

And I'm saying the greatest threat to capitalism is that it's not delivering for the majority of people because the system is rigged for those who have capital and investment money. There's a million different ways that they do it. Lower tax rates on capital than labor, untaxed or barely taxed, unrealized gains, corporate tax cuts, corporate loopholes, offshoring, friendly rules. There's, there's a million different things. So let's go back to the 30s. In the 20s and 30s, Norman Thomas was the socialist candidate for, for president. (35:35–35:46)

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Asserts that the system includes lower taxes on capital and other advantages for the wealthy.

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