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Elizabeth Warren: “We could have funded Direct File, the program that lets…”

Featuring: Elizabeth Warren, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Massachusetts

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We could have helped pay the salaries of more than 100,000 teachers and nurses, two jobs that are crucial and where we've seen shortages. We could have funded Direct File, the program that lets Americans file their taxes online and for free, for two whole decades. We could have provided humanitarian assistance for countries around the world for almost three full years. That is a huge amount of money. (11:21–11:28)

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Asserts that $12 billion could fund Direct File for two decades.

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