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Pete Buttigieg: “Billionaires are paying much less than millionaires.”

Featuring: Pete Buttigieg, Democratic | Former Secretary of Transportation, Former Mayor of South Bend | National

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I mean, not only is it a real problem that billionaires are paying less percentage wise than, you know, firefighters or teachers, but it's also interesting that Billionaires are paying much less than millionaires. So if we at least had the wealthiest billionaires and multi billionaires paying as much as somebody who's making one or two million dollars, that would actually be a lot … (20:00–20:03)

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Asserts that billionaires pay a lower percentage in taxes than millionaires.

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