Senator Elizabeth Warren & Her Ultra-Rich Tax Plan

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4 • 494 Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

In an extended interview, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) shares the details of her tax plan for the ultra-rich: paying 2 and 3 cents on every dollar over $50 million. She defends her plan as the fairest, most progressive option to level the playing field for Americans, and considers the country’s path forward with the resulting $3 trillion. Plus, Merck is teaming up with Johnson & Johnson to churn out vaccines for the U.S., and the Squawk team is doling out Zoom grooming tips.

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0:00.0	This is Squawk Pod. I'm C. NBC producer Katie Kramer. Today on our
0:05.3	podcast, Senator Elizabeth Warren makes her case for taxing the wealthiest Americans.
0:10.9	I cannot believe that I've gotten you to say that we should tax the rich more
0:14.8	Joe. Not hurting me. Not hurting me. I'm loving this moment. In an extended
0:19.1	interview Warren details her tax plan two and three cents at a time.
0:23.2	It's the fairest, it's the most progressive,
0:26.3	and here's the thing, it helps level the playing field
0:30.2	just a little bit.
0:31.6	Plus, Merck and Johnson and Johnson are teeming up to churn out vaccines and after a full
0:36.2	year of remote broadcast things have gotten interesting.
0:40.2	Zoom.
0:41.2	Zoom, Zoom.
0:43.0	It's Tuesday, March 2, 2021.
0:46.0	Squawkpad begins right now.
0:48.0	Good morning, everybody.
0:53.0	Welcome to Squack Box here on C.M.
0:55.0	I'm Becky Quek, along with Joe Hermann and Andrew Ross,
0:58.0	and Andrew.
0:59.0	Thanks, Bex. Meantime, we have some breaking news this morning in Washington
1:02.0	that could impact future stimulus measures.
1:04.4	Ylamo joins us with the latest.
1:06.3	Ilan.
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