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Ryan Clancy: “Even just bringing it up to the level that we were at in…”

Featuring: Ryan Clancy, Democratic | Wisconsin State Assembly, District 19

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Reviving Milwaukee's Socialist Movement - An Interview with Ryan Clancy

Published | Video Starts at 52:38

It sounds like something you'd buy in a. In a back alley. I want to speak plainly, and I want to say we're going to have to tax the enormously wealthy. Even just bringing it up to the level that we were at in, like, the 80s or the 70s, much less the 40s or 50s, would be more than enough for all of the things that we want to do. from increasing funding to quality education, to finally investing in meaningful, you know, transit and infrastructure and so much more. (52:38–52:50)

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