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Sanders on the Tax Bill: ‘It Is a Victory for Billionaires Like Trump... and a Disaster for the American People’
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Wolf
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, Bernie Sanders
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Name: Bernie Sanders
Employment: U.S. Senate
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12/20/2017 02:33 pm
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BLITZER Bernie Sanders Senator ░░░░░░░░ so much for joining ░░░░░░░░ SANDERS My pleasure BLITZER ░░░░░░░░ me get your reaction ░░░░░░░░ president is about to ░░░░░░░░ a victory celebration over ░░░░░░░░ the White House with ░░░░░░░░ Republican leadership This is ░░░░░░░░ huge win for him ░░░░░░░░ SANDERS Well it is ░░░░░░░░ victory for billionaires like ░░░░░░░░ Trump It s a ░░░░░░░░ for wealthy campaign contributors ░░░░░░░░ the Koch brothers but ░░░░░░░░ is a disaster for ░░░░░░░░ American people According to ░░░░░░░░ Tax Policy Center at ░░░░░░░░ end of ten years ░░░░░░░░ 83 percent of the ░░░░░░░░ benefits go to the ░░░░░░░░ 1 percent 60 percent ░░░░░░░░ the benefits go to ░░░░░░░░ top one tenth of ░░░░░░░░ percent This whole policy ░░░░░░░░ based on the fraudulent ░░░░░░░░ of trickle down economics ░░░░░░░░ that is if you ░░░░░░░░ huge tax breaks to ░░░░░░░░ corporations and the wealthy ░░░░░░░░ the middle class and ░░░░░░░░ families benefit The problem ░░░░░░░░ that theory has never ░░░░░░░░ It didn t work ░░░░░░░░ Reagan it didn t ░░░░░░░░ under George W Bush ░░░░░░░░ didn t work recently ░░░░░░░░ state of Kansas This ░░░░░░░░ a payback for wealthy ░░░░░░░░ contributors and I think ░░░░░░░░ Republicans will rue the ░░░░░░░░ And they may be ░░░░░░░░ today but I have ░░░░░░░░ feeling that next November ░░░░░░░░ will not be celebrating ░░░░░░░░ as much BLITZER Is ░░░░░░░░ anything senator in the ░░░░░░░░ you support SANDRES Sure ░░░░░░░░ are proposals that help ░░░░░░░░ middle class but they ░░░░░░░░ at the end of ░░░░░░░░ years What Republican priorities ░░░░░░░░ about is giving permanent ░░░░░░░░ tax breaks to large ░░░░░░░░ Some of them will ░░░░░░░░ tens of billions of ░░░░░░░░ in tax breaks but ░░░░░░░░ benefits for the middle ░░░░░░░░ were made temporary Furthermore ░░░░░░░░ this is really important ░░░░░░░░ to what Speaker of ░░░░░░░░ House Paul Ryan is ░░░░░░░░ literally today this morning ░░░░░░░░ is what he is ░░░░░░░░ He is saying that ░░░░░░░░ so many words this ░░░░░░░░ drives up the deficit ░░░░░░░░ 1 5 trillion Remember ░░░░░░░░ Republicans used to hate ░░░░░░░░ deficit This drives up ░░░░░░░░ deficit by 1 5 ░░░░░░░░ How are they going ░░░░░░░░ offset that Listen to ░░░░░░░░ Ryan says today What ░░░░░░░░ is saying is they ░░░░░░░░ going to come back ░░░░░░░░ shortly with entitlement reform ░░░░░░░░ America understand what he ░░░░░░░░ by entitlement reform Those ░░░░░░░░ cuts to Social Security ░░░░░░░░ and Medicaid Remember during ░░░░░░░░ campaign candidate Donald Trump ░░░░░░░░ Oh if I m ░░░░░░░░ president there will be ░░░░░░░░ cuts to Social Security ░░░░░░░░ and Medicaid That is ░░░░░░░░ what Ryan has in ░░░░░░░░ And I challenge the ░░░░░░░░ maybe for once in ░░░░░░░░ life keep the promises ░░░░░░░░ you made tell Ryan ░░░░░░░░ Mitch McConnell that you ░░░░░░░░ veto any legislation that ░░░░░░░░ Social Security Medicare and ░░░░░░░░ It s obscene to ░░░░░░░░ tax breaks to billionaires ░░░░░░░░ then cut these programs ░░░░░░░░ are life and death ░░░░░░░░ the middle class of ░░░░░░░░ country.”
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