Are The Rich Taxed Enough?
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🗓️ 29 October 2012
⏱️ 51 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | If you're asked, do the rich pay their fair share in taxes? |
| 0:05.2 | You really do have to ask a couple of other questions. |
| 0:07.4 | You've got to ask, well, what do we buy rich? |
| 0:09.6 | And what do we mean by enough? |
| 0:12.5 | Now consider that to be counted in the top 1% of earners in America, |
| 0:16.9 | you need to be making approximately $380,000 a year. |
| 0:21.8 | Consider also that that 1% pays more than a third, |
| 0:26.4 | of all of the federal income tax that comes in to the federal government. |
| 0:30.4 | Is that too much? Is that too little? |
| 0:33.4 | Well, let's make a debate of it. |
| 0:36.4 | True or false, the rich are taxed enough. |
| 0:39.4 | Another debate from Intelligent Squared U.S. |
| 0:42.4 | I'm John Dunvend. |
| 0:43.4 | We have four superbly qualified debaters |
| 0:45.4 | who will be arguing for and against this motion. |
| 0:48.4 | The rich are taxed enough. |
| 0:50.4 | They go in three rounds and then the audience votes to choose a winner |
| 0:54.4 | and only one side wins. |
| 0:56.4 | Our debaters include, on the side arguing for the motion, Glenn Hubbard. |
| 1:00.4 | Glenn, you are Dean of the Columbia Business School. |
| 1:05.4 | You are also throughout 2012. |
| 1:07.4 | You've been a advisor to Mitt Romney's campaign. |
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