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Bernie Sanders: “Almost 60% of people said that life was someone like them…”

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

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Was Life Better 50 Years Ago? | Sen. Bernie Sanders

Published | Video Starts at 01:13

And I should mention that I did a very similar poll for people in my own state of Vermont that got just an enormous response. Okay, guess what the answer was to those polls. Rather shockingly, Almost 60% of people said that life was someone like them was better 50 years ago than today. Better 50 years ago than today. Wow, what's going on here? How does that happen? Now? (01:13–01:24)

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Asserts that a significant majority of people believe life was better 50 years ago.

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