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Bernie Sanders: “Most people assume that when they go to the grocery store and they buy a product, a gallon of milk, they kind of assume…”

On the recordSeptember 18, 2009
Most people assume that when they go to the grocery store and they buy a product, a gallon of milk, they kind of assume that most of that money goes to the people who produce the product, i.e., farmers.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Sanders highlights consumer misconceptions about farmers' earnings from milk sales.

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