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Bernie Sanders: “University of California, one of the great university…”

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

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Who Owns America? Bernie Sanders Says the Quiet Part Out Loud

Published | Video Starts at 38:57

You just said tuition was free, Bernie. Yeah. Yeah. That's what you said. Yes. Are you shocked by that? That's shocking to me. That it was free. Free? Yeah. University of California, one of the great university systems in the world. That was, I don't know the exact year, 60 years ago, 70 years ago, it was tuition free. Yeah. You're looking at me like you're at a state of shock here. Right. Because at that point, you know, people said, okay, you know, you're working class kids, we want them to get the best education they can. (38:57–39:07)

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Asserts that the University of California was tuition-free 60-70 years ago.

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