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

“But there's another part of the story not quite so positive. And that is right now in America, in the richest country in the history of the world, 60% of our people live paycheck to paycheck. I grew up in a family that lived paycheck to paycheck. Many of you come from or are in families right now living paycheck to paycheck.” (32:58–33:05)

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