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Bernie Sanders: “Many workers had what was called a defined benefit pension…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 32:04

You don't want to dump them into understaffed nursing homes. You don't want to not have adequate home care for them. These are our parents. 30, 40 years ago, workers in America, Many workers had what was called a defined benefit pension plan. You all know what that is. What that means is you knew. Stock market goes up, it goes down, doesn't matter. (32:04–32:10)

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Asserts that many American workers used to have defined benefit pension plans.

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