Jeff Merkley: “We are going to screw families in order to fund tax breaks…”

“No. We saw billionaires standing behind the president. And that is the vision that he has been operating on from day one of his administration, is We are going to screw families in order to fund tax breaks for billionaires. Child nutrition, Cut it. Tax breaks for billionaires. Health care. Cut it. Tax breaks for billionaires run up 30 trillion in additional debt. Why tax breaks for billionaires? So why?” (18:41–18:47)

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