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Bernie Sanders: “You may leave school half a million dollars in debt.”

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

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Bernie Sanders Discusses Politics, Wealth Inequality, and Healthcare on Flagrant Podcast

Published | Video Starts at 59:33

All right, you want to become mine. Your dad wants you to become a doctor. But if you want to become a doctor, You may leave school half a million dollars in debt. You know that? Absolutely. All right, does that make sense? We need doctors. Should we, as the richest nation on earth, say, good, you want to be a doctor, you want to be a nurse, you want to be a dentist? (59:33–59:36)

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Asserts that students can graduate with significant debt.

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