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Bernie Sanders: “Giving more tax breaks to billionaires is radical.”

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

Bernie Sanders Addresses the Democratic National Convention

Published August 20, 2024 | Video Starts at 12:44

But let me tell you what a radical agenda is, and that is Trump's Project 2025. At a time of massive income and wealth inequality, Giving more tax breaks to billionaires is radical. Putting forth budgets to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid is radical. Letting polluters destroy our planet is radical. And my friends, we won't let that happen. (12:44–12:49)

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