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On the recordMay 3, 2017
They will do the same thing on social security. After you give huge tax breaks to the hundreds of billions of dollars to the very rich, they'll say, 'Oh, the deficit is going up, we've got to cut social security.'
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Sanders suggests that the Republican strategy involves sabotaging social programs to justify cuts after tax breaks for the wealthy.

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