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Bernie Sanders: “There are billionaires and large corporations that pay…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 07:47

While tens of millions struggle to put food on the table, pay for health care, pay for housing, the top 1% have never ever had it so good. And yet There are billionaires and large corporations that pay almost nothing in taxes. That has got to end. That will end. The billionaire class in this city and in this country have got to understand that in America they cannot have it all. (07:47–07:55)

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Asserts that some billionaires and large corporations pay minimal taxes.

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