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Chuck Schumer: “All to give tax breaks to billionaires.”

Featuring: Chuck Schumer, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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Chuck Schumer and Senators Discuss Health Care Cuts and Medicaid Reforms

Published | Video Starts at 14:41

Why are they being so mean? Why are they being so cruel? And why are they being so politically tin eared at best, suicidal at worst, All to give tax breaks to billionaires. They're in total obeisance. Donald Trump is and his colleagues are to very, very this small group of very wealthy greedy people who say I don't care what you do to everyone else, cut my taxes and by the way, get rid of any regulations. (14:41–14:44)

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Asserts that the purpose of the legislation is to provide tax breaks to billionaires.

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