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October 4, 2017

Sen. Bernie Sanders: Tax Bill Would Give $52 Billion Break to Walton Family
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The Republican push for massive tax cuts comes as tax policy groups warn
Trump's plan would overwhelmingly benefit the wealthiest 1 percent of
Americans. On the Senate floor, Vermont independent Senator Bernie
Sanders said Tuesday that cuts to the estate tax alone would shower tens
of billions of dollars of tax breaks on the Koch brothers and the Walton
family, heirs to the Wal-Mart fortune.

Sen. Bernie Sanders: "Does anybody for one second think that at a time
when so many of our people are struggling, when we have a $20 trillion
national debt, that we should be passing legislation that gives the
wealthiest family in this country up to a $52 billion tax break by
repealing the estate tax?"



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