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Bernie Sanders: “Tax cuts are not useful when they open up big budget deficits, reducing national saving rates.”

On the recordJanuary 31, 2017
Tax cuts are not useful when they open up big budget deficits, reducing national saving rates.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Warning against tax cuts leading to budget deficits and harming future generations.

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