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Bernie Sanders: “[Abolishing the Department of Education] will lead to a…”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Vermont Congressional Delegation Telephone Town Town Hall

Published | Video Starts at 1:24:09

Low income communities will not get Title 1 money, which is keeping them afloat and enable them to hire the teachers that they need. So this idea of willy nilly just, oh, we're going to abolish the Department of Education really [Abolishing the Department of Education] will lead to a movement toward the privatization of public education and public funding of vouchers, which primarily will benefit the wealthiest people in the country. Okay, Haley, fire away. Great. We're going to try to go back to Louise in Tunbridge. Louise, you should be live. Thank you. Can you hear me? Loud and clear. (1:24:09–1:24:29)

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Asserts that abolishing the Department of Education would lead to privatization and benefit the wealthy.

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