Name: Pete Buttigieg: ‘I Was Into Bernie Before It Was Cool’ | NBC News
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THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, THE MIDDLE CLASS IS GETTING KILLED AND THE

CLASS IS GETTING KILLED AND THE POOR HAVE NO WAY UP.

POOR HAVE NO WAY UP. >> VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN.

>> MAYOR BUTTIGIEG, I WANT TO GET YOU IN ON THIS.

GET YOU IN ON THIS. IN 2000 YOU WROTE AN AWARD

IN 2000 YOU WROTE AN AWARD WINNING ESSAY.

WINNING ESSAY. YOU PRAISED SENATOR SANDERS.

YOU PRAISED SENATOR SANDERS. YOU SPECIFICALLY PRAISED HIM FOR

YOU SPECIFICALLY PRAISED HIM FOR EMBRACING SOCIALISM.

EMBRACING SOCIALISM. YOU HAVE NOW SINCE SAID THAT YOU

YOU HAVE NOW SINCE SAID THAT YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HIS

BUT I AM CURIOUS ABOUT THIS. ARE YOU OUT OF TOUCH WITH YOUR

ARE YOU OUT OF TOUCH WITH YOUR OWN GENERATION, MILLENNIALS BY A

OWN GENERATION, MILLENNIALS BY A BIG CHUNK EMBRACE HIS VERSION OF

BIG CHUNK EMBRACE HIS VERSION OF DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM.

YOU DO NOT. ARE YOU OUT OF TOUCH WITH YOUR

ARE YOU OUT OF TOUCH WITH YOUR GENERATION?

LOOK, ITS TRUE THAT I WAS INTO BERNIE BEFORE IT WAS COOL.

>> THANK YOU. >> HE WAS A CONGRESSMAN AT THE

THE QUALITIES I ADMIRED THEN ARE QUALITIES I STILL RESPECT A

GREAT DEAL. I NEVER SAID THAT I AGREE WITH

I NEVER SAID THAT I AGREE WITH EVERY PART OF HIS POLICY VIEWS

EVERY PART OF HIS POLICY VIEWS THEN OR NOW.

THEN OR NOW. BUT I APPRECIATE THAT AT LEAST

BUT I APPRECIATE THAT AT LEAST HES STRAIGHTFORWARD AND HONEST

HES STRAIGHTFORWARD AND HONEST ABOUT THEM.

ABOUT THEM. HES HONEST ABOUT THE FACT THAT

HES HONEST ABOUT THE FACT THAT TAXES WILL GO UP ON ANYBODY

TAXES WILL GO UP ON ANYBODY MAKING MORE THAN $29,000 TO FUND

MAKING MORE THAN $29,000 TO FUND HIS HEALTH CARE PLAN.

HIS HEALTH CARE PLAN. ALTHOUGH AGAIN A LITTLE BIT

ALTHOUGH AGAIN A LITTLE BIT VAGUE ABOUT HOW THE REST OF

>> YOURE NOT BEING HONEST. THE PREMIUMS SHOULD BE

THOSE TAXES. >> BUT WERE SAVING PEOPLE MONEY

>> BUT WERE SAVING PEOPLE MONEY BECAUSE THEY DONT PAY ANY

BECAUSE THEY DONT PAY ANY PREMIUMS OUT-OF-POCKET, CO-PAYS

PREMIUMS OUT-OF-POCKET, CO-PAYS OR DEDUCTIBLES.

OR DEDUCTIBLES. >> WHERE IS THE OTHER $25

>> WHERE IS THE OTHER $25 TRILLION SUPPOSED TO COME FROM?

TRILLION SUPPOSED TO COME FROM? AT A CERTAIN POINT YOUVE GOT TO

AT A CERTAIN POINT YOUVE GOT TO DO THE MATH.

>> ITS A PAYROLL TAX. >> EVEN AFTER THE PAYROLL TAX

>> EVEN AFTER THE PAYROLL TAX YOU STILL HAVE A HOLE.

YOU STILL HAVE A HOLE. >> BECAUSE WE HAVE A WEALTH TAX.

>> BECAUSE WE HAVE A WEALTH TAX. ELIZABETH HAS A GOOD ONE.

ELIZABETH HAS A GOOD ONE. OURS IS A LITTLE BIT TOUGHER ON

OURS IS A LITTLE BIT TOUGHER ON MR. BLOOMBERG THAN HERS.

MR. BLOOMBERG THAN HERS. WERE GOING TO RAISE IT IN A

WERE GOING TO RAISE IT IN A PROGRESSIVE WAY WHICH DEALS WITH

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