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Bernie Sanders: “What they want to do is give over a trillion dollars in tax…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 29:09

Have ever had, when the billionaire class. The people on top, have never, ever. Ever had it so good, What they want to do is give over a trillion dollars in tax rates to the 1%. And they do that by cutting $880 billion from Medicaid, over $200 billion from nutrition and other programs that the working class of this country needs. (29:09–29:16)

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Asserts that there is a proposal to give over a trillion dollars in tax cuts to the top 1%.

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