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Bernie Sanders: “Raising the minimum wage, health care for all, a tax system…”

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

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Bernie Sanders Interview Lex Fridman Podcast #450

Published | Video Starts at 00:07

The ideas that I am talking about are ideas that are widely supported. Everything that I talk about, Raising the minimum wage, health care for all, a tax system which demands the billionaires pay their fair share, those are all popular ideas. But people didn't know you got to run for president and have 20,000 people come out to your rallies and win 23 states. They say, hmm, well, maybe those ideas are not so crazy after all. (00:07–00:15)

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Asserts that raising the minimum wage, universal health care, and fair taxation for billionaires are popular ideas.

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