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Ryan Clancy: “We can lower property taxes, and it would be over 40% almost…”

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 13:32

The reason they're so high is that the state has not paid enough for education for, you know, more than a decade and a half year. We've seen property taxes skyrocket. So the way that We can lower property taxes, and it would be over 40% almost overnight, by just taxing the rich. Yeah. So we add 1% on those, on the highest earners, highest dollars. So the highest tax bracket for most people, that's half a million dollars and more. (13:32–13:40)

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