Julian Castro in 2019 State of the Union address


On Tax Reform: Raise the top marginal tax rate; negotiate the numbers

Q: What about the GOP tax cuts?

A: I absolutely would look at undoing the tax cuts that benefited the super wealthy and benefited corporations.

Q: Would you raise the top marginal tax rate?

A: I support raising it. We would have to negotiate on where that goes. They did a poll: 45% of Republicans said that they believe the idea of that kind of top marginal tax rate was a good idea. So, I believe that we should increase it. Now, where it goes to, I think that would be a subject of negotiation.

Source: CNN 2019 "State of the Union" on 2020 Presidential hopefuls Jan 27, 2019

The above quotations are from 2019 State of the Union address to Congress, plus the Democratic response, Feb. 6, 2019.
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