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Bernie Sanders: “25% of seniors in this country living on $15,000 a year or…”

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

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Bernie speaks with @hasanabi (LIVE AT 5PM ET)

Published | Video Starts at 20:06

There's nobody who's come up to me and said, bernie, we have massive income and wealth inequality. What do you think we should do about it? Bernie, what are you going to do about the fact that 25% of seniors in this country living on $15,000 a year or less. What are you going to do about that? What are you going to do about the fact that so many people are homeless? (20:06–20:12)

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Asserts that a quarter of seniors in the U.S. live on $15,000 or less annually.

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