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Michael Bennet: “We could have a tax code that actually supports work instead of passive investment.”

Featuring: Michael Bennet, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Colorado

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We've Got to find a way to give each other hope in this country that we can make progress, that we can build an economy that when it grows, it grows for everybody, not just the people at the very top. That We could have a tax code that actually supports work instead of passive investment. instead of just the assets that go up every time we pass a bill around here that wastes more trillions of dollars of the American people's tax money. (42:36–42:41)

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Asserts the need for a tax code that favors work over passive investment.

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