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Ben Wikler: “There's a federal budget debate over whether to execute the…”

Featuring: Ben Wikler, Democratic | Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin

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Ben Wikler Discusses Transition from Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair and Reflects on Political Landscape

Published | Video Starts at 37:06

Do you think that steps need to be taken with regards to Biden's decline in office, his health, what have you as a credibility question? Here's what I'd say. Right now, There's a federal budget debate over whether to execute the biggest transfer of money from the poor to the rich. And I need to fact check this, but I saw it online today. In the history of federal policy, this is trillions of dollars that would be cut from Medicaid, … (37:06–37:13)

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Asserts that a federal budget debate involves a significant transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich.

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