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Pete

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Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh
Pete Buttigieg on Trump Tariffs, Taxing Billionaires, and Republican Gays

But look at what's about to happen, right? As we speak, congressional Republicans are working on a budget framework that's going to cut corporate taxes. That's one of the biggest things it's going to do. And even this president, the least popular he ever was last time around was when they passed his tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy. So a lot of this is about, look,

Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh
Pete Buttigieg on Trump Tariffs, Taxing Billionaires, and Republican Gays

But look at what's about to happen, right? As we speak, congressional Republicans are working on a budget framework that's going to cut corporate taxes. That's one of the biggest things it's going to do. And even this president, the least popular he ever was last time around was when they passed his tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy. So a lot of this is about, look,

Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh
Pete Buttigieg on Trump Tariffs, Taxing Billionaires, and Republican Gays

But look at what's about to happen, right? As we speak, congressional Republicans are working on a budget framework that's going to cut corporate taxes. That's one of the biggest things it's going to do. And even this president, the least popular he ever was last time around was when they passed his tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy. So a lot of this is about, look,

Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh
Pete Buttigieg on Trump Tariffs, Taxing Billionaires, and Republican Gays

No, no, I get that argument. But honestly, there are ways to structure taxes so that they capture where the value and the wealth is actually created. How do we do that? You can have a P.O. box in the Bahamas or Ireland or whatever. So one of the things, for example, that happened in the last administration was an international agreement on a threshold, a minimum.

Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh
Pete Buttigieg on Trump Tariffs, Taxing Billionaires, and Republican Gays

No, no, I get that argument. But honestly, there are ways to structure taxes so that they capture where the value and the wealth is actually created. How do we do that? You can have a P.O. box in the Bahamas or Ireland or whatever. So one of the things, for example, that happened in the last administration was an international agreement on a threshold, a minimum.

Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh
Pete Buttigieg on Trump Tariffs, Taxing Billionaires, and Republican Gays

No, no, I get that argument. But honestly, there are ways to structure taxes so that they capture where the value and the wealth is actually created. How do we do that? You can have a P.O. box in the Bahamas or Ireland or whatever. So one of the things, for example, that happened in the last administration was an international agreement on a threshold, a minimum.

Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh
Pete Buttigieg on Trump Tariffs, Taxing Billionaires, and Republican Gays

And now it only works if everybody agrees on it. That's part of why diplomacy matters so much. But no other country really wants to see too much of that happening either. So there's a way to create a floor that gets you a more level playing field.

Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh
Pete Buttigieg on Trump Tariffs, Taxing Billionaires, and Republican Gays

And now it only works if everybody agrees on it. That's part of why diplomacy matters so much. But no other country really wants to see too much of that happening either. So there's a way to create a floor that gets you a more level playing field.

Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh
Pete Buttigieg on Trump Tariffs, Taxing Billionaires, and Republican Gays

And now it only works if everybody agrees on it. That's part of why diplomacy matters so much. But no other country really wants to see too much of that happening either. So there's a way to create a floor that gets you a more level playing field.

Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh
Pete Buttigieg on Trump Tariffs, Taxing Billionaires, and Republican Gays

So it reduces the incentive to offshore your books.

Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh
Pete Buttigieg on Trump Tariffs, Taxing Billionaires, and Republican Gays

So it reduces the incentive to offshore your books.

Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh
Pete Buttigieg on Trump Tariffs, Taxing Billionaires, and Republican Gays

So it reduces the incentive to offshore your books.

Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh
Pete Buttigieg on Trump Tariffs, Taxing Billionaires, and Republican Gays

I don't know why they're beating up on Lesotho.

Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh
Pete Buttigieg on Trump Tariffs, Taxing Billionaires, and Republican Gays

I don't know why they're beating up on Lesotho.

Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh
Pete Buttigieg on Trump Tariffs, Taxing Billionaires, and Republican Gays

I don't know why they're beating up on Lesotho.

Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh
Pete Buttigieg on Trump Tariffs, Taxing Billionaires, and Republican Gays

Yeah, yeah, fine. And look, tariffs have their place, right? We don't have to make about tariffs yet, but just on taxation, yeah. But again, what really worries me about tariffs is those don't amount to a tax on corporations.

Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh
Pete Buttigieg on Trump Tariffs, Taxing Billionaires, and Republican Gays

Yeah, yeah, fine. And look, tariffs have their place, right? We don't have to make about tariffs yet, but just on taxation, yeah. But again, what really worries me about tariffs is those don't amount to a tax on corporations.

Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh
Pete Buttigieg on Trump Tariffs, Taxing Billionaires, and Republican Gays

Yeah, yeah, fine. And look, tariffs have their place, right? We don't have to make about tariffs yet, but just on taxation, yeah. But again, what really worries me about tariffs is those don't amount to a tax on corporations.

Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh
Pete Buttigieg on Trump Tariffs, Taxing Billionaires, and Republican Gays

But how is making middle America pay more a measure to help middle America? Right.

Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh
Pete Buttigieg on Trump Tariffs, Taxing Billionaires, and Republican Gays

But how is making middle America pay more a measure to help middle America? Right.