Bernie Sanders: Don't Balance the Budget on the Backs of Middle Class

A video of Sen. Bernie Sanders March 2, 2011 speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate. Sanders talks about the need for strong budget priorities in an era of severe income inequality.  He makes the case that cutting public funded services like education and healthcare hurts the middle and lower class in a time when they need it the most.

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