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Bernie Sanders: “Not only is the President's tax proposal grossly unfair, and the statistics that I have seen are even higher than that…”

On the recordMay 22, 2001
Not only is the President's tax proposal grossly unfair, and the statistics that I have seen are even higher than that, that the wealthiest 1 percent end up getting 50 percent of the tax breaks.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the fairness of the President's tax proposal.

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