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Matt Cartwright: “The top corporations and the top 1% of this country are not…”

Featuring: Matt Cartwright, Democratic | Former U.S. House, Pennsylvania, District 8

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The Volpe Report - Sunday Feb 26, 2023 - US Rep. Matt Cartwright

Published | Video Starts at 12:58

John F. Kennedy came along. I know he's one of your heroes. He is. John F. Kennedy came along and brought it down to 70%. Okay. You know, The top corporations and the top 1% of this country are not paying 70% tax right now. They're paying in the 20s. And so in Donald Trump's case, it was about 20,000, 90% thousand. Go ahead. Right. We're not sure how well that's going to hold up. Yeah, yeah. (12:58–13:07)

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Asserts that the top corporations and top 1% are currently taxed in the 20% range, not 70%.

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