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Edward Markey: “120,000 kindergarten teachers are three hedge fund guys…”

Featuring: Edward Markey, Democratic | U.S. Senate Massachusetts

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Published | Video Starts at 28:01

And the three top hedge fund managers in America made more money last year than all 120,000 kindergarten teachers in our country combined. Who did more for our country last year. Those 120,000 kindergarten teachers are three hedge fund guys. They're the ones that are going to get bailed out in Argentina and here. And simultaneously, he wants to destroy the entire Department of Education and epa, take that funding, and then with a Robin Hood in reverse strategy, give all that money and tax breaks to billionaires and millionaires to hedge fund guys. (28:01–28:08)

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