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Bernie Sanders: “Some billionaires are literally paying an effective tax rate…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 10:52

They're making out like bandits, and many of them are bandits. So do I think that at a time when you have Some billionaires are literally paying an effective tax rate lower than a truck driver or a nurse. should we raise taxes on the rich when you got some huge corporations out there that in some cases are paying almost nothing in taxes? (10:52–11:09)

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Asserts that some billionaires pay a lower effective tax rate than truck drivers or nurses.

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