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Bernie Sanders: “20 million Americans...are spending 40, 50% of your limited…”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Think about it, 80, 90 years of age trying to get by on less than $15,000 a year. We talk about the fact that some 800,000 people in America are homeless. And 20 million Americans...are spending 40, 50% of your limited incomes on housing. We talk about the fact that in America we have the highest Rate of childhood poverty of almost any major country on Earth, all taking place in the richest country in the history of the world. (06:40–06:50)

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Asserts that 20 million Americans spend 40-50% of their income on housing.

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