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Bernie Sanders: We have been trying to understand in this discussion not just the outrageous nature of the recent Republican tax plan in…

On the recordApril 6, 1995
We have been trying to understand in this discussion not just the outrageous nature of the recent Republican tax plan in which half of the benefits go to people earning $100,000, 25 percent of the benefits go to those people earning $200,000 a year or more, where the largest, the wealthiest 1 percent of earners get more benefits than the bottom 60 percent. All of that is important, but it takes place within the context and I think helps us understand why so many people out there shrug their shoulders and say why should I vote, why should I participate. It does not really matter, the game is rigged, the people who have the money call the shots. Nobody cares about me. I am just a plain working person. ... People have to come back to the ballot box. They do not have to be a Democrat or a Republican. They can be an Independent, I mean nonaffiliated. They can form a third party. It does not matter.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Discussing the implications of the Republican tax plan on voter participation.

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