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Sanders touts American Families Plan in Fox News op-ed
Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) pushed President Biden's American Families Plan in an op-ed published by Fox News on Monday.
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The Vermont senator held up the measures included in the American Families Plan as ways to combat the growing inequality, pointing to the expanded Child Tax Credit, free pre-K for children and free community college tuition.
"Importantly, given the unfairness of our current tax system, the reconciliation bill will be paid for by increased taxes on the very wealthiest people and largest corporations in this country," Sanders wrote. "Despite what critics are saying, no one earning less than $400,000 a year will pay a penny more in taxes."
He affirmed that the proposed plan would end the "international disgrace" of the U.S. being the only major country to not have paid family and medical leave, as well as the "disgrace" of widespread homelessness and lack of affordable housing.
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https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/567041-sanders-touts-american-family-plan-in-fox-news-op-ed
