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Bernie Sanders: “Do we have the guts to tell the billionaire class who are doing phenomenally well that they are going to have to pay…”

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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