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

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

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Published | Video Starts at 57:42

Let me tell you about another world, the other America that we don't talk about. And that is today, in the richest country in the history of the world. 60% of our people are living paycheck to paycheck. You all know what paycheck to paycheck is. Some of you living paycheck to paycheck. I grew up in a family, lived paycheck to paycheck. Know a little bit about that. (57:42–57:47)

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Asserts that a significant portion of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.

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