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Bernie Sanders: “We can't raise the minimum wage to a living wage so all…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 07:03

Why do kids have to go tens and tens of thousands of dollars in debt to get a college education? Why are some 20 million households spending half of their income for housing? Doesn't make sense to me. We can't raise the minimum wage to a living wage so all workers are earning a decent wage. Strengthen the union movement in America. People at the bottom are seeing what's happening, getting angrier and angrier. (07:03–07:07)

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Asserts that the minimum wage is not a living wage for all workers.

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