On the recordMarch 14, 2012
when we have a $15 trillion national debt, when our middle class is declining, when poverty is increasing... there is no end in sight [for taxpayer support for nuclear power].
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Sanders highlights the contradiction in funding priorities amidst national debt and social issues.
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