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On the recordJanuary 15, 2014
Do you think the Walton family, worth $144 billion, is in need of welfare from the middle class of this country?
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Challenging the need for welfare for the wealthy Walton family.

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