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Bernie Sanders: “What do you think when we have 14 percent real unemployment in America? That may not be the case in your town.”

On the recordJune 19, 2013
What do you think when we have 14 percent real unemployment in America? That may not be the case in your town.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Highlighting high unemployment rates while discussing job availability.

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