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Pete Buttigieg: “Taxes on the wealthy need to be higher.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 46:17

… tax policy would you take to not not only the wealthy, but like people in general? Yeah, I mean, I think it should be first of all, to be clear, Taxes on the wealthy need to be higher. They just do. If you look at what's fair, if you look at what it's going to take to meet our revenue goals, if you look at international comparisons, in my opinion, that's clearly the case. (46:17–46:19)

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Asserts that taxes on wealthy individuals should be increased.

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