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Pete Buttigieg: “You're not alone if you refuse to be told we can't possibly…”

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

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Pete's Opening Message, Live from Butte, Montana

Published | Video Starts at 13:01

We are going to have to take control of that as a matter of policy choice. Rather than a matter of technological chance. So you're not alone, as you can see. If you believe this, You're not alone if you refuse to be told we can't possibly afford nice things like good schools and smooth roads and rural hospitals. While the wealthiest people in America pay a lower tax rate. Than the teachers in those schools, the workers on those roads, or the nurses in those hospitals. Not only are you not alone. You are part of a majority. (13:01–13:12)

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Asserts that the U.S. can afford public goods despite low tax rates for the wealthy.

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