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Bernie Sanders: “I want to know why, if he's going to raise taxes, and how high the taxes are going to be.”

On the recordFebruary 2, 2016
I want to know why, if he's going to raise taxes, and how high the taxes are going to be.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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A voter questions Bernie Sanders about the funding of his proposed policies.

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