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Bernie Sanders: “My friend says it cuts taxes for almost everybody. The last tax proposal the gentleman brought up here gave as much in…”

On the recordMay 22, 2003
My friend says it cuts taxes for almost everybody. The last tax proposal the gentleman brought up here gave as much in tax breaks to the richest one-tenth of 1 percent, those people who are millionaires, as to the bottom 89 percent of the people. Does my friend think that is fair?
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Discussing tax fairness during a debate on tax proposals.

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