And some conservative folks, famously, Steve Forbes, said, well, let's just make it like that. Part of why a flat tax can sound like an improvement is right now, it's more like that. In other words, Right now, not only do we not have the very wealthiest paying more, they're actually paying less in percentage terms than you are. That's nuts. So. I guess where I would agree is that we should flatten it up to where, at the very least, that curve is headed in the right direction. (25:56–26:04)
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