“The president is scared of your power, and he wants you to believe your vote does not matter.”
“AI is not going anywhere. It has both promise and peril. I just want us to be thinking critically about this from all angles.”
“I’d be worried about a massive economic slowdown. You know, the impact of Wall Street on Main Street, and I’d be worried about job losses.”
“He wants you to lose confidence in our electoral system so you stay home this November.”

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On the recordSeptember 20, 2023
The wealthiest 400 billionaires... paid 8.2 percent of in effective individual income taxes, which is significantly lower than most other Americans pay today.
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Ben Ray Luján
Democratic · New Mexico
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Lujan highlights tax inequality among the wealthiest Americans.

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