Bernie Sanders actually said...

We understand--and this is terribly important as well in this debate--real funding, counting inflation and counting population growth, is significantly less than it was in the 1990s.

Context

Sanders highlights the decline in real funding for senior programs since the 1990s.

06/18/2013

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