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

“Never before in history have the people on top had so much wealth and so much power. But there is another economic reality that unfortunately, many of you are more than aware of, and that is that today 60% of our people are living paycheck to paycheck. Everybody know what living paycheck to paycheck is about? I grew up in a family living paycheck to paycheck. Many of you are experiencing that right now. What does that mean?” (07:49–07:56)

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