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Bernie Sanders: “We live in a country where the effective tax rates of…”

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

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FULL SPEECH: Bernie, Troy Jackson & Graham Platner say NO To oligarchy & endless war in Portland, ME

Published | Video Starts at 30:55

Well, we're gonna throw you out of work and move to work another state. That is the arrogance of the billionaire class right now. And I want to give you an example. We live in a country where the effective tax rates of billionaires is lower than it is for truck drivers or nurses. And that is why I proposed introduce legislation which Graham will be by my side in fighting for, Which says that we are going to impose a 5% annual tax on the 938 billionaires in America. (30:55–31:07)

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Asserts that billionaires have lower effective tax rates than truck drivers or nurses.

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