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On the recordJanuary 31, 2017
Do we have the guts to tell the billionaire class who are doing phenomenally well that they are going to have to pay more in taxes?
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Questioning the willingness to tax the wealthy to support Social Security.

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