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Tim Kaine: We can't pay our folks what they are worth.

On the recordMay 31, 2023
We can't pay our folks what they are worth.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Kaine highlights the struggle to compensate early childhood educators adequately.

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