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Bernie Sanders: “They are prepared to dismember the federal government and…”

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

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Fighting Oligarchy with Bernie Sanders in Altoona (Broadcast at 630PM ET).

Published | Video Starts at 25:21

It is the addiction of greed, of this billionaire class. I mean, how much do you need to live? And there is no stopping them. And what is scary is right now, right now, They are prepared to dismember the federal government and cut programs that low income and working class people desperately need. so that they can give themselves. An enormous tax break of over $1 trillion. By the way, by the way, the. (25:21–25:36)

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Asserts that there are plans to cut federal programs for low-income and working-class people.

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