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Bernie Sanders frames his campaign as a push to bring millions of jobs back to the middle class. He points out how trade deals and corporate policies have stripped away decent‑paying work, widening the gap between rich and poor. He also stresses that restoring Social Security and creating jobs are central to fixing inequality.

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When people get out of jail, it is not easy for them to find a job. It is not easy for them…

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A job should lift workers out of poverty, not keep them in it.

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What this [presidency] campaign is about this bringing millions of people jobs in this country.

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I thought the Bush economic policy was a disaster. We lost 500,000 private sector jobs during his tenure.

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When the average Social Security benefit is $1328 a month, and more than one-third of our senior citizens rely on Social Security…

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Corporations are not going to stash their money in the Cayman Islands. We are going to reinvest in America, create jobs, make…

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If jazz education in our colleges were free to all it would provide thousands of good jobs in the music industry which…

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In a world of massive wealth and income inequality, Europe must support Greece’s efforts to build an economy which creates more jobs…

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We will do well when young people, when working-class people come out. We do not do well when the voter turnout is…

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If we invest in jobs for our kids and do our best to keep them in school, we will end up saving…

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I'm a former mayor. I know that being a cop is not an easy job. But when police officers misbehave, they've got…

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You go to Scandinavia, and you will find that people have a much higher standard of living, in terms of education, health…

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How do we say, why do you keep voting for people who are giving more tax breaks to billionaires, who are going…

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NAFTA, supported by the Secretary cost, us 800,000 jobs nationwide, tens of thousands of jobs in the Midwest. Permanent normal trade relations…

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Now all of the ideas that I'm talking about, they are not radical ideas. Making public colleges and universities tuition free, that…

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There are many major crises facing our country. At the top of the list is the need to overturn Citizens United. If…

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People are hungry, and they're hurting and they're very, very worried about their children. Will their kids ever pay off their student…

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The main problem of America is that you're seeing people working all over this country two jobs, they're working three jobs, and…

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You all remember how many years ago, we were younger, it was uppity women who are trying to take our jobs as…

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I believe what Martin Luther King Jr. believed. You remember what the title of the March on Washington was? "Jobs and Freedom."…

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We have to invest in our kids, we have to invest in our communities, we have to create jobs. We have to…

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Every three weeks before an election the TV ads expressing great concern about our trade policy and the loss of jobs to…

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In my view, we need a massive federal jobs program which puts millions of our people back to work. We must end…

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Millions are unemployed and our roads are falling apart. If we can spend $6 trillion sending people to war, we can spend…

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When you have kids that have no jobs and are not in school, too often they get themselves into trouble. So what…

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I think that extreme right wing views are not what the American people are looking for right now. They want to see…

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High-speed trains in Japan can now reach 375 mph - twice as fast as any public transit train in the United States.…

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In terms of Iran and in terms of Saudi Arabia, of course they hate each other. That's no great secret. But John…

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People are tired of working longer hours for lower wages, of seeing decent paying jobs go to China and other low-wage countries,…

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The American people must make a fundamental decision. Do we continue the 40-year decline of our middle class and the growing gap…

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Corporations can't have it both ways. They can't tell Americans how much they want us to buy their products, but then run…

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Trickle down economics is a fraud. Giving tax breaks to the rich and large corporations does not create jobs. It simply makes…

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Essentially what my campaign is about, it's about anything, this is saying we've got bring that money back into the middle class…

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During the debate over NAFTA President Clinton said, 'I believe that NAFTA will create a million jobs in the first five years…

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The TPP is another corporate-backed agreement that is the latest in a series of trade policies which have cost us millions of…

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I supported Barack Obama originally. I supported him for reelection and the alternative of a Mitt Romney is very, very clear to…

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Our job is to provide coalition the military equipment that they need; the air support they need; special forces when appropriate. But…

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In community after community, there are unemployment rates among young African-Americans of 30 to 40 percent. Thirty to 40 percent! Kids have…

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I think there are many people in the working class who say, you know what? Yes, maybe we are better off than…

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