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What we have got to do - especially with younger people, especially with people not heavily involved in the political process - is to make sure that every morning, afternoon, and evening, they are seeing the presentation of issues that are relevant to their lives.

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Bernie Sanders
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: September 8
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Wall Street is greedy, reckless and they operate illegally. That's fine. But what do you do?
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