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Bernie Sanders: I know that when we talk about the issue of jobs and the declining standard of living for the average American worker…

On the recordMay 3, 1995
I know that when we talk about the issue of jobs and the declining standard of living for the average American worker, what we are extremely mindful of is that for the young workers, especially for those who do not have a college education, their future indeed is very bleak. And one of the points that has to be made when we try to understand anger in America is that for tens of millions of Americans the American dream is fading fast, the dream that, if I work very hard, my kids are going to have a higher standard of living than I do. Now I know that the gentleman from New York has worked hard on a jobs bill which attempts to address some of the issue that the gentleman from New York was talking about. Mr. Owens, what about a jobs bill?
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Discussing the challenges facing American workers and the need for a jobs bill.

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