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Ned Lamont: “We raised taxes on millionaires by 40%.”

Featuring: Ned Lamont, Democratic | Governor of Connecticut

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CT '26: Gov. Ned Lamont on his gubernatorial campaign

Published | Video Starts at 07:12

Because he's made a lot of hay talking about that with, with liberal voters. He really wants to raise taxes. We did the same thing back 15 years ago. We raised taxes three times. We raised taxes on millionaires by 40%. What happened? Our economy went in the ditch. We lurked from a deficit to deficit. You know, we raised taxes then and cut services. I'm doing just the opposite. (07:12–07:16)

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