Director Nussel: Well, first of all, ah Mr. San . . ., ah Senator Sanders, I, ah, ah, I have not thought about that question. I will, I will . . .
Senator Sanders: Don’t you think it’s a question that you should think about?
Director Nussel: I will give it some thought. Ah, I have given some thought to, ah, tax distribution, and tax reform, and, ah, I would agree with you that, ah, our tax code, ah, needs to be reformed. And there are, ah, there are, ah, problems within our tax code that, ah, that, ah, need to be rooted out, and that we have the top 1 percent of the tax code, of the people paying taxes in this country pay 40 percent of all the taxes. The top 5 percent pay 59 percent . . .
Senator Sanders: But you’ve given me an example of the facts that the wealthiest one-tenth of one percent earn more income than do the bottom 50 percent.
Director Nussel: They also pay taxes.
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