Political Quotes

On the recordApril 9, 2025
In the year 2025, in the richest country in the history of world, nobody should be forced to work for starvation wages.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Sanders asserts that no one should earn below a living wage in a wealthy nation.

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