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Bernie Sanders: “We do not need to have these young people go to school and…”

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

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Bernie Sanders campaigning for Kamala Harris, Baraboo, Wisconsin

Published | Video Starts at 55:21

You want to be an electrician? Great. You want to be a doctor? Great. You want to be a teacher? We need you. You want to be a nurse? Wonderful. We do not need to have these young people go to school and leave school 50 or $100,000 in debt. That's crazy. And that's just not an idea that benefits individuals. It benefits the whole country. We need to have well trained, skilled workforce to make our country the kind of country we know it can become. (55:21–55:28)

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Asserts that student debt burdens are excessive.

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