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Bernie Sanders: “In Vermont, 2020, $5,000 per kid [for childcare].”

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

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Bernie Sanders campaigning for Kamala Harris, Baraboo, Wisconsin

Published | Video Starts at 56:53

Anybody have kids in childcare here? How much is it? All right. How much does it cost? A lot of money. I know that. All right. You know, In Vermont, 2020, $5,000 per kid [for childcare]. All right. How the hell, if you're a working person making 50, 60, 70,000 a year, you pay $25,000 for a kid. And meanwhile, the people who work in child care often paid starvation wages. (56:53–56:58)

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Asserts that the cost of childcare in Vermont in 2020 was $5,000 per child.

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