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Bernie Sanders: “Even when government does the right thing, you got a…”

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

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"Bernie Sanders Says Democrats Have Lost Their Way" NYT Podcast

Published | Video Starts at 26:41

Us, the government or the party? Well, they hate the party and they understand. And you're onto another issue which we don't have time to get into right now. Even when government does the right thing, you got a bureaucracy which is so slow in implementation of policy that people don't see it when they should be seeing it. But that's a whole other issue. It's another issue and perhaps another conversation. But if people don't have faith in government, how do your solutions, which do require a tremendous role for our government, how do you sell them? (26:41–26:53)

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Asserts that government bureaucracy delays policy implementation, affecting public perception.

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