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

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

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Published | Video Starts at 04:13

One person, one vote. That's democracy, not billionaires buying elections. Those are the issues we got to focus on. We got to rebuild the middle class. 60% of our people living paycheck to paycheck. We're the only major country on earth not to guarantee health care to all people. Many seniors are struggling high rates of childhood poverty. (04:13–04:17)

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