Bernie Sanders Says No to Latest Budget Deal, Calls It Robin Hood in Reverse
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The following is a news release from the office of Senator Bernie Sanders (Independent - Vermont):
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said today he will vote against a bill that cuts more than $38 billion from programs that help working families without calling for shared sacrifice by the wealthiest Americans.
Bush-era tax breaks for the very rich were extended last December - driving up the deficit. "Today, in order to reduce deficits that Republicans helped create, they now are slashing programs of enormous importance to working families, the elderly, the sick and children," Sanders said. "At a time when the gap between the very rich and everybody else is growing wider, this budget is Robin Hood in reverse. It takes from struggling working families and gives to multi-millionaires. This is obscene."
While it is too soon to determine the exact impact the cuts will have on Vermont, Sanders, a member of the Senate Budget Committee, said "there can be no doubt that these cuts will be devastating to working families in Vermont and