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Graham Platner: “There's absolutely no question that if we target the wealth…”

Featuring: Graham Platner, Populist, Progressive | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Maine

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'Abject nonsense': Sanders, Platner RIP Bezos' defense against billionaire tax hikes

Published | Video Starts at 04:37

Mr. Plattner, what do you think of that? Oh, I think it's abject nonsense. I think that's what somebody says when they don't to see their taxes go up. There's absolutely no question that if we target the wealth where it has been hoarded...and put it into social programs...we will absolutely improve the lives of working Americans. programs like health care, like child care, like paying teachers what they are worth, we will absolutely improve the lives of working Americans and quite frankly improve our society as a whole. (04:37–04:56)

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Asserts that redistributing hoarded wealth into social programs will improve the lives of working Americans.

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