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Bernie Sanders: “No teacher in America should make less than $60,000 a year.”

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

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No excuse that our child care system is a disaster, Outrageously expensive, while workers there are being paid low wages. No excuse that our public Schools are struggling, trying to get teachers. No teacher in America should make less than $60,000 a year. So, my friends, why is all of this happening? Why is it that the rich get richer and working class people die younger than they should? Well, it has everything to do with. (1:06:55–1:07:01)

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Asserts that teachers in the U.S. should have a minimum salary of $60,000.

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