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Pete Buttigieg: “It is not too much to ask that the wealthiest country in the…”

Featuring: Pete Buttigieg, Democratic | Former Secretary of Transportation, Former Mayor of South Bend | National

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Published | Video Starts at 20:31

… and take care of them yourselves if you want, or do some combination of that if you want, and still have it add up at the end of the month. It is not too much to ask that the wealthiest country in the world has have the best health care in the world. And that it have the best funded public schools in the world. And it is not too much to ask that the largest corporations and wealthiest people in this country … (20:31–20:38)

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Asserts that the U.S. should have the best healthcare given its wealth.

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