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Bernie Sanders: “The choice that we face, do you really in the middle of a recession want to cut Social Security benefits and Medicare…”

On the recordFebruary 11, 2013
The choice that we face, do you really in the middle of a recession want to cut Social Security benefits and Medicare benefits when corporations today are paying 12 percent of their profits in taxes, the lowest since 1972?
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Questioning cuts to social benefits while corporations pay low taxes.

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