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On the recordJanuary 6, 2011
during the Bush years, we saw substantial tax reductions given to the wealthiest people in this country, and yet we had perhaps the worst record of job performance at any time since Herbert Hoover.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Sanders critiques tax cuts for the wealthy under Bush amid job losses.

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