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Bernie Sanders: “60% of our people, Theo, other than paycheck to paycheck.”

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

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Sen. Bernie Sanders | This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #635

Published | Video Starts at 17:09

We should not have people unable to afford healthcare, kids unable to afford to go to college, people literally unable to feed their families. And yet in America today, and I know this is really an astounding fact, 60% of our people, Theo, other than paycheck to paycheck. Now, I grew up in a family. I don't know your background, but I grew up in a family that lived paycheck to paycheck. Oh, yeah. (17:09–17:14)

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