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On the recordJune 8, 2022
I have just introduced legislation to expand Social Security benefits by $200 a month and to fully fund Social Security for the next 75 years by demanding that Americans who make more than $250,000 a year pay their fair share of taxes.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Sanders discusses his legislation to expand Social Security and tax the wealthy.

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