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Bernie Sanders: “Thank you very much, Mr. President. I would ask my friend from South Dakota: Do you disagree with the Tax Policy Center…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 2021
Thank you very much, Mr. President. I would ask my friend from South Dakota: Do you disagree with the Tax Policy Center, which says that the top 5 percent of Americans--the wealthiest people in our country--would receive less than 1 percent of the total benefits being disbursed?
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont
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govinfo.gov
Jan 1, 2021

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