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Former MSNBC host Joy Reid criticized the idea of eliminating income taxes while attacking the Republican Party during a BET Talks event on Monday.

Reid said during the BET interview that conservatives have a goal of forcing the country back to the early 20th century — if not the 19th — based on the desire for a "hierarchical past" with White men on top. She warned that part of what conservatives hope to restore includes not only a racial hierarchy but also a rollback of business regulations.

"And one of the reasons they're so serious about it is that, if you go back before the 20th century, there were no income taxes," Reid said. "There were no regulations on business. You could earn as much money as you want, leave 100

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