Dem Strategist: ‘I Don’t Think It’s Fair to Say Corporate America Is Paying Their Fair Share of Taxes’
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BRENER-SCHMITZ: "I think Joe Biden has laid out that Americans need to – wealthy Americans need to pay their fair share. He has a plan for corporate business to pay taxes that are necessary in order to provide working Americans with what they need in these times, these unprecedented times of this Coronavirus, and that there is a way —"
BARTIROMO: "So you think the higher taxes then? You think the higher taxes is resonating then."
BRENER-SCHMITZ: "I think the taxes on corporate Americans that need to pay their fair share, yeah."
BARTIROMO: "I’m just trying to understand the specific question from you. What specific policy is Biden coming out with that will resonate with Americans? You say they are only going to raise taxes on those people who pay their fair share. You are aware, of course, that the top 10% already pays 70% of the taxes, right?"
BRENER-SCHMITZ: "I don’t think that’s fair to say that — that corporate America is paying their fair share of taxes."