Hillary on Higher Taxes on the Rich: We’re Not Going to Ask, ‘We’re Going To Demand’

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GEIST: "I wonder what your reaction is to vice president Biden's comments."

CLINTON: " First of all he said E have thoughtful plans but went further and talked about the four years I was secretary of state. Put all that aside, he's a friend and I just saw him at a memorial service where we just spoke on behalf of one of our dear departed friends. Here's the bottom line. I have been working against inequality since I was right out of law school, and I have worked hard to try to level the odds for people who are often left behind and left out. That's why I've devoted a lot of my time and attention to try to end inequality of opportunity that poor kids faced. While I have worked hard to level the playing field for women who are often treated unequally, why I have stood up and defended against those who slashed taxes on the wealthy and forced us in an economy that really rewards those at the top while basically penalizing the vast majority of the Americans. I could go on and on, Willie. I have a long, long record of tackling all kinds of inequality. Economic inequality is obviously a driver of so many other forms of inequality. But've if you have just as a high pocket the sis, equal incomes in the world that doesn't exist, you know, what are we going to do about making sure people get good schooling? What are we going to do to make sure women are not discriminated against. You know, the work continues and I think we have to have a very sharp focus, which I really applaud senator Sanders for having, but we need a broader understanding of all of the root causes and contributors to inequality. That's why in the economic plans that I've rolled out, I am going to ask the -- not ask. We're going to try to demand that the wealthy pay more of their fair share to support, you know, all the benefits one gets for being an American, which I want to make sure we protect and push into the future. So I feel very committed, but I also feel very confident that my varied experience has an understanding on all the different issues of inequality that we have to address."