Bernie Sanders: “A trillion dollars in tax breaks to the richest people, 1%.”

“We're trying to save you money by getting those illegal people off of Medicaid. It's a lie. What they don't want to acknowledge is what many people here have just said. Simple reality. A trillion dollars in tax breaks to the richest people, 1%. who have never ever had it so good. And you pay for that by cutting Medicaid and making it harder for people to pay for the Affordable Care Act.” (29:27–29:31)

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