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Bernie Sanders: “They are prepared to destroy Social Security, Medicare…”

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

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Bernie Sanders' May Day Speech in Philadelphia on Workers' Rights and Oligarchy

Published | Video Starts at 09:39

You might think, you might think that somebody who has 10 or 20 billion dollars might be content, might think that's enough. Not these guys. They want it all. And They are prepared to destroy Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, nutrition programs in order to get more tax breaks for themselves. So today, brothers and sisters, we tell these greedy oligarchs this country belongs to all of us, not the billionaire class. And let me tell you what is else that is going on in our country today. (09:39–09:53)

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Asserts that billionaires want to cut social programs for tax breaks.

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