On the recordJanuary 7, 2009
these wealthiest 400 Americans now pay a lower tax rate, lower effective tax rate than most police officers, teachers, nurses, and people in the middle class.
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Sanders points out the disparity in tax rates between the wealthy and middle-class workers.
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