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Mandela Barnes: “Incomes over a million dollars should be taxed a little bit…”

Featuring: Mandela Barnes, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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Published | Video Starts at 23:18

So, Mr. Barnes, under your plan, what is the specific income level where taxes would go up and what percentage would that top tax bracket pay? Yeah, so I think that Incomes over a million dollars should be taxed a little bit higher, even if it's temporary. The fact is we are in a real crisis right now, and our necessities have not been seeing the resources, have not been seeing the funding Again, there's no reason … (23:18–23:23)

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Proposes higher taxes on incomes over a million dollars, potentially temporarily.

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