As it happens, our life expectancy, how long we live as a people, is about three or four years shorter than people in other wealthy countries. That's bad. What's even worse is If you are working class in this country, you're going to live seven years shorter lives than the wealthy. In other words, the struggles that our people are going every single day, waking up, how do I survive? What happens if I lose my job? What happens if somebody gets sick? (05:55–06:05)
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Asserts that working-class Americans live seven years shorter than wealthy Americans.
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