Listen again, my opponent, when he was president, issued a tax cut for people like himself, billionaires and the biggest corporations. My perspective is everybody needs to pay their fair share. It is not right that teachers and nurses and firefighters are paying a higher tax rate than billionaires and the biggest corporations. And I plan on making that fair. But we're dealing with the real world here. But the real world includes how are. You going to get this through Congress? (25:00–25:11)
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Asserts that currently, teachers, nurses, and firefighters pay a higher tax rate than billionaires and large corporations.
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