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Bernie Sanders: “The national minimum wage is $7.25 an hour.”

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 04:11

I attribute it to a corrupt political system in which billionaires have significant control over both political parties. So that, for example, right now in Washington, The national minimum wage is $7.25 an hour. So you got millions of workers today, you know, making 10, 12, 13 bucks an hour. You tell me, how do people survive on 13 bucks an hour? (04:11–04:16)

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Asserts that the federal minimum wage in the U.S. is $7.25 per hour.

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