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On the recordAugust 25, 2010
In essence, the government provides billions of dollars right now in loans and loan guarantees to various types of economic activity but not to those people, those employers who want to convert to employee ownership or workers who want to move in that direction.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Sanders advocates for federal support for employee ownership models.

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