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Bernie Sanders: “Some of us voted for huge tax breaks for the rich, many, many hundreds of billions of dollars, which added to part of…”

On the recordSeptember 15, 2010
Some of us voted for huge tax breaks for the rich, many, many hundreds of billions of dollars, which added to part of the problem.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Highlighting the impact of tax breaks on national debt.

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