Pete Buttigieg

And whether you adjust that through income tax, whether you adjust that through, you know, something like a wealth tax, and there's a

And whether you adjust that through income tax, whether you adjust that through, you know, something like a wealth tax, and there's a

that it makes sense and that you do in a way that can make sure that the people who are spectacularly rewarded by our system are contributing to it without being so extreme that you're crushing wealth creation.

that it makes sense and that you do in a way that can make sure that the people who are spectacularly rewarded by our system are contributing to it without being so extreme that you're crushing wealth creation.

Yeah, I think that's super important.

Yeah, I think that's super important.

And people's willingness to pay taxes depends on some level on their sense that they're getting good value for their money.

And people's willingness to pay taxes depends on some level on their sense that they're getting good value for their money.

So I cut my teeth as a mayor.

So I cut my teeth as a mayor.

We couldn't print more dollars if we wanted to as the city of South Bend.

We couldn't print more dollars if we wanted to as the city of South Bend.

We had a cash budget, had to balance it every year.

We had a cash budget, had to balance it every year.

If we took on debt, we really had to think hard about how we were going to pay on that debt.

If we took on debt, we really had to think hard about how we were going to pay on that debt.

We made sure that any time we're asking people to be paying revenue into the city,

We made sure that any time we're asking people to be paying revenue into the city,

they know what they're getting for that, whether it's police service or parks or trash pickup.

they know what they're getting for that, whether it's police service or parks or trash pickup.