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Bernie Sanders: “Do you really want to balance the budget by cutting education, by cutting health care, by cutting nutrition?”

On the recordMay 18, 2015
Do you really want to balance the budget by cutting education, by cutting health care, by cutting nutrition?
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Questions budget cuts affecting essential services.

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