137 Quotes by Pete Buttigieg

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    I think there's a lot to be said for changing the balance of what we tax: wealth versus work.

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    There's a lot to be said for expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit.

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    A lot of these so-called left positions are actually centrist by the standards of the American people, just not by members of the American Congress.

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    I'm proud of who I am. I am proud of my husband and our marriage.

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    I don't know how it plays in San Francisco. But I can tell you I came out, during a reelection campaign, in Indiana, while Mike Pence was the governor. And I wound up winning reelection by 80 percent.

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    I think most Americans understand that we deserve to have universal health care, as enjoyed by most citizens in most developed countries.

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    We need to consider a financial transactions tax. And we need to ask whether the top marginal tax rates are really appropriate, given that the effective tax rates paid by the wealthy are often actually lower than those paid by the rest of us.

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    So much of what Christ's teachings are about have to do with the way that we take care of the least among us.

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