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Michael Bennet: “If we do not figure out how to educate our kids better, and if we do not figure out how to recouple job growth and wage…”

On the recordMarch 12, 2014
If we do not figure out how to educate our kids better, and if we do not figure out how to recouple job growth and wage growth to economic growth, we are not going to recognize ourselves in the middle of the 21st century, and this is what we should be focused on 24/7.
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Michael Bennet
Democratic · Colorado

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Bennet emphasizes the need for better education and economic growth strategies.

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