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Pete Buttigieg: “It just doesn't make any sense to you when they say we can't…”

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

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Pete Speaks Live in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Published | Video Starts at 06:29

You're not alone if you believe that the richest community country in the world ought to have the best funded public schools in the world. You're not alone if you believe in a fairer tax code, if It just doesn't make any sense to you when they say we can't afford great schools and good roads and rural hospitals while expecting us to tolerate billionaires and giant corporations paying lower taxes than the nurses who work in those hospitals, the workers building those roads and the teachers teaching in those schools. We can do better than that. It doesn't have to be this way. You're not alone if you believe that in a freedom loving country you should never be mistreated because of who you are or who you love. (06:29–06:53)

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Asserts that the tax system is unfair, favoring billionaires and corporations over essential workers.

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