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Richard Blumenthal: “We don't have tax breaks for billionaires. We don't have 4…”

Featuring: Richard Blumenthal, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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CT Mirror Presents: "In The Room: A Conversation with US Senator Richard Blumenthal"

Published | Video Starts at 29:36

And often it is against big tech or lobbyists, the conglomerates and the giant corporations, the billionaires who are getting tax breaks. How do we deal more effectively? We don't have tax breaks for billionaires. We don't have 4 trillion. We're not talking about billion. We're talking about trillion dollars in tax breaks. I know a lot of folks are probably tired of hearing us talking about tax breaks for billionaires. But it is a fact of life that we have to make choices. (29:36–29:45)

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