In the coming midterm elections, the billionaires will spend many, many hundreds of millions of dollars to make sure that government continues to work for them and not working families. Meanwhile, while the richest people in America become much, much richer, 60% of our people here in Minnesota, in Vermont, and all over this country are living paycheck to paycheck. struggling to put food on the table, struggling to pay their rent and their mortgage, struggling to pay for childcare and education, and struggling to put a few bucks aside for a decent retirement. (15:16–15:27)
CLAIM
Asserts that 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
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