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Bernie Sanders: “If you are working class in this country, your life…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 50:46

And we should wonder why that is so. But here's something that is never talked about. Now, I want to throw that out to you. I want you to digest it. If you are working class in this country, your life expectancy on average will be seven years shorter than if you are wealthy. Do you all understand what that is about? That means that being working class in this country, in many respects is like a death sentence. (50:46–51:00)

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Asserts that working-class Americans have a seven-year shorter life expectancy than wealthy Americans.

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