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Bernie Sanders: “We need a massive federal jobs program to rebuild our…”

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

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Bernie Sanders Speaks at the DNC Summer Meeting

Published | Video Starts at 11:54

We need a movement which says that when real unemployment, including those who have given up looking for work and those who are working part time is over 10%, when black youth unemployment is over 50%, that We need a massive federal jobs program to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure. our roads, our bridges, our water systems, our wastewater plants, our airports, our rail are falling further and further behind other countries, we can create millions of jobs rebuilding our infrastructure. (11:54–12:54)

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Asserts the need for a federal jobs program focused on infrastructure rebuilding.

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