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Bernie Sanders: “A windfall profits tax is exactly what is needed right now when oil companies, for example, are showing, as they are…”

On the recordApril 4, 2022
A windfall profits tax is exactly what is needed right now when oil companies, for example, are showing, as they are, historical profits.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Sanders emphasizes the need for a windfall profits tax due to oil companies' high profits.

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