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On the recordJanuary 6, 2011
I think that is the word that you used. What do you think will happen if all over this country, in order to balance budgets while, again, we are providing huge tax breaks to billionaires, while we lose $100 billion every single year because corporations and the wealthy stash their money in tax havens in the Cayman Islands and in Bermuda.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Sanders criticizes tax breaks for the wealthy amidst educational budget cuts.

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