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Bernie Sanders: “Instead of throwing you out on the street, I'm going to…”

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

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Joe Rogan and Bernie Sanders Discuss Economic Inequality, Automation, and Political Corruption

Published | Video Starts at 49:54

What does that mean? All right, first thought, you are a worker, your worker, your productivity is increasing because we give you AI. Right? Right. Instead of throwing you out on the street, I'm going to reduce your work week to 32 hours. All right? So you're going to have a nice. Four day work week. Exactly. And by the way, not a radical. Idea, not a radical idea at all. (49:54–49:59)

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Proposes reducing the workweek to 32 hours to address job displacement due to technology.

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