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Bernie Sanders: “Yes, in order to help fund the needs of working families in…”

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

Bernie Sanders shares his takeaways from the Trump Inauguration

Published January 22, 2025 | Video Starts at 05:16

Yes, we must pass the pro act and make it easier for workers to join trade unions and grow the trade union movement in America. Yes, in order to help fund the needs of working families in this country, we must demand that the wealthiest people in this country... start paying their fair share of taxes. Yes, we must end a corrupt campaign finance system which allows a handful of billionaires to to buy elections and move us rapidly into an oligarchic form of society. (05:16–05:38)

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Advocates for higher taxes on the wealthiest Americans to support working families.

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