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On the recordDecember 1, 2017
You have 62 percent of the benefits going to the top 1 percent. Meanwhile, by the end of the decade, my good friend, Senator Wyden from Oregon, there is no question but that tens of millions of middle-class Americans will be paying more in taxes; is that correct?
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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