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Vivek Ramaswamy: “The best teachers deserve to be paid a lot more money than…”

Featuring: Vivek Ramaswamy, Libertarian, Conservative | Former Candidate, President of the United States | National

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Published | Video Starts at 21:10

Because that's what an educational system has to do is to provide the guardrails of discipline. But it also means expecting more of ourselves. And that means The best teachers deserve to be paid a lot more money than the starting salary of $40,000 a year. That is a public school teacher salary today. And I will admit that's not a traditional Republican talking point, but it's the truth. But that has to be tied in some way to performance. (21:10–21:20)

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Asserts that public school teachers should earn more than the current starting salary of $40,000.

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