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

“Top 1% now owns more wealth than the bottom 93%. CEOs of large, profitable corporations now earn 350 times what their average worker makes. Meanwhile, in America today, while the very rich become obscenely richer, 60% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck. unable to afford the skyrocketing cost of housing, health care, education, child care, groceries, electricity, or other basic necessities. Very rich, becoming phenomenally richer.” (19:17–19:21)

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