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Bernie Sanders: “We cannot maintain a passion for deficits that evaporates as soon as it bumps up against tax benefits for big oil.”

On the recordJanuary 23, 2018
We cannot maintain a passion for deficits that evaporates as soon as it bumps up against tax benefits for big oil.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Critique of inconsistent fiscal responsibility regarding tax benefits.

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