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Ben Wikler: “This is trillions of dollars that would be cut from…”

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 37:16

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, from health care for, you know, often for, for working families. and for families of modest means, and then transferred in the form of massive tax cuts for the ultra wealthy. (37:16–37:31)

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