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Bernie Sanders: “Before you cut a woman in Vermont who is living on $15,000 a year Social Security, you may want to end some of the…”

On the recordFebruary 11, 2013
Before you cut a woman in Vermont who is living on $15,000 a year Social Security, you may want to end some of the loopholes that enabled the Bank of America to stash their money in the Cayman Islands and not pay any taxes at all.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Sanders argues for closing corporate tax loopholes before cutting social security benefits.

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