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Bernie Sanders: “The idea that billionaires pay an effective tax rate lower…”

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

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Bernie Sanders campaigning for Kamala Harris, Baraboo, Wisconsin

Published | Video Starts at 59:15

And I will tell Mister Trump how we are going to pay for it. We are going to tax you, Donald Trump, and your fellow billionaires. The idea that billionaires pay an effective tax rate lower than working class people is absurd and unfair. So we're going to take a hard look at the tax system in this country and create a system that is fair, that generates the kind of revenue we need to protect the people of this country. (59:15–59:24)

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Asserts that billionaires pay a lower effective tax rate than working-class people.

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