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The speaker says corporate income contributes under 10% of U.S. federal revenue, whereas payroll and income taxes contribute over 80%.
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“you know, corporate income is like less than 10 percent of federal revenues and 80 percent plus is payroll taxes and income taxes,”Play from 50:19Report a misattribution
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