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On the recordSeptember 12, 2011
What is especially tragic and reprehensible is that with the kind of childhood poverty rates we are seeing today, unless we turn this vicious circle around, we are dooming a significant part of an entire future generation to unnecessary suffering and premature death.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Sanders emphasizes the dire consequences of childhood poverty on future generations.

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