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On the recordMay 17, 2016
the middle class has been left behind, and Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump are the only two people speaking a very different remedies, opposite remedies
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the economic concerns of the middle class and contrasting the approaches of Sanders and Trump.

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