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Bernie Sanders: “15 million people, including many in California and Vermont…”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Published | Video Starts at 08:17

If what we are saying is these guys and I was out in California a few weeks ago dealing with a state wealth tax. And the issue there is that 15 million people, including many in California and Vermont, have been thrown off the health care they have in order to give a trillion dollars in tax breaks [to] the 1%. And what the 1% are saying is you want us to pay more in taxes so the working class people and children will have health care. (08:17–08:26)

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Asserts that 15 million people lost health care due to tax breaks for the wealthy.

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