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Andy Beshear: “Last year in Kentucky our average wage for a new job was…”

Featuring: Andy Beshear, Democratic | Governor of Kentucky

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They believe that the system is broken and then America stops being exceptional. So we've got to make sure that the jobs we're recruiting are good jobs. I'm proud that Last year in Kentucky our average wage for a new job was almost $30 an hour. We got to have jobs of the future to make sure that when somebody learns that new skill set that they can do that job for years to come. (51:42–51:49)

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