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On the recordJanuary 24, 2023
Do you really want to cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid several years after Republicans gave huge tax breaks to the richest people and the largest corporations, and at a time when we have more income and wealth inequality than we have had in 100 years?
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Sanders questions the Republican desire to cut social programs after tax breaks for the wealthy.

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