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Demonizing wealth -- i talked about how you get things done. the way to get things done is take a look at the tax code right now. the idea -- we have to start rewarding work, not just wealth. i would raise the capital gains tax to the highest rate of 39.5%. guess what? why in god's name should someone who is clipping coupons make -- pay a lower tax rate than someone like i said -- a schoolteacher and a firefighter? they pay a lower tax. the idea that we in fact engage in this notion that there are 1. -- there's $1.6 billion in loopholes. you can't justify $600 billion of that. we could elimina...

People. do you believe that senator sanders and senator warren's wealth tax plans do that? >> no. look, demonizing wealthy people, what i talked about is how you get things done, and the way to get things done is take a look at the tax code right now. the idea we have to start rewarding work not just wealth. i would eliminate the capital gains tax. that -- i would raise the capital gains tax to the highest rate of 39.5%. iwu double it. because guess what? why in god's name should someone who is clipping coupons on the stock market pay a lower tax rate than someone who, in fact, like i said, a ...

Of the party he pivoted to trump corruption. the whole hunter biden thing came and went. brian: lindsey graham says i might have to bring him in front of my panel. we will see where it goes. joe biden has been around since the 1970s, new trend on attacking the rich and vilifying the rich. i'm not too sure he jumps on the elizabeth warren bandwagon. watch. >> vice president biden, have you warned against demonizing against rich people. do you believe senator sanders and senator warren wealth tax plans do that? >> no, demonizing wealth, what i talked about is how you get things done. and the way...

Education, health care. look, my north star is the middle class. when the middle class does well, everybody does well. >> how do you do better for them economically? not with the 70% tax rates? >> three things. one, i do raise the tax rate to 39.5%. i do, in fact, eliminate the ability for them to write off capital gains the way they do now. i would raise billions of dollars, raise the corporate tax rate from 20% to 28%. it was 36%. to 28%. i'd raise billions. >> trump will say that's what brought the economy up to where it is, is those tax cuts. >> ask the people in this restaurant how the ec...

Like all in on medicare for all -- >> i wouldn't call them advanced. >> but they're popular in the party. >> well, by the way, watch. that's what this election is about. i'm happy to debate that issue and all those issues with my friends because, guess what, again, look who won the races. look who won last time out. we had -- and by the way, i think ocasio-cortez is a brilliant, bright woman. but she won a primary. in the general election fights, who won? mainstream democrats who were very progressive on social issues and very strong on education, health care. look, my north star is the middle...