And yet people around the world are living, on average, four years longer than we do. But here is the really ugly fact even worse than that, and that is that in this country, on average, If you are a working class person, you will live seven years shorter lives than if you're in the top 1%. If you're a working class person, your life will be seven years shorter than if you are wealthy. In other words, being poor or working class in America today amounts to a death sentence. (23:38–23:50)
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Asserts that working-class Americans live seven years less than the top 1%.
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