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Bernie Sanders: What being a socialist means is... that you hold out... a vision of society where poverty is absolutely unnecessary.

On the recordMarch 29, 1985
What being a socialist means is... that you hold out... a vision of society where poverty is absolutely unnecessary.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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