But part of the problems of the progressive tax system is when you hit a recession, revenue drops and that's what's happened here. We've gone from 18, 19% to 15%. So Progressive tax system really, really bites you when you have recessions. So again, we agree, what we agree on is let's, let's concentrate on limiting the growth in government. By the way, that's something we can agree on. (05:36–05:41)
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Asserts that a progressive tax system is detrimental during recessions.
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