Bernie Sanders: “60% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck.”

“They have a right to be angry. In the richest country in the history of the world today, the people on top are doing phenomenally well. While 60% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck. and millions of families worry that their kids are actually going to have a lower standard of living than they do, you got the top 1% owning more wealth than the bottom 90%.” (00:59–01:04)

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