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Bernie Sanders: “I'm proud to have introduced legislation that calls for a…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 14:05

And I think what the American people want us right now is to have a tax system which is fair, which says to the billionaires, hey, guess what? You're going to start paying your fair share of tax. And I'm proud to have introduced legislation that calls for a tax on billionaires. I am very excited to go to the United States Senate and help get that passed. There we go. All right. (14:05–14:12)

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