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Bernie Sanders: “We're going to expand Social Security benefits by lifting…”

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 18:41

Can't afford to heat their homes, pay for their prescription drugs. We're not going to cut Social Security. Brothers and sisters, together We're going to expand Social Security benefits by lifting the cap on taxable income. Let me tell you something else. I am old enough to remember something called a defined benefit pension plan. You know what that is? I know it's a radical idea to the younger people. (18:41–18:50)

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Asserts the intention to expand Social Security by lifting the income cap.

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