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Gavin Newsom: The system is fundamentally broken. The federal tax code, a corporate code, and an inheritance code were written for a…

On the recordJune 27, 2026
The system is fundamentally broken. The federal tax code, a corporate code, and an inheritance code were written for a different set of Americans. It’s time for an economic reset.
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Gavin Newsom
Democratic · California

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Calling for a national billionaire tax and economic reset.

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