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Bernie Sanders: “If you're working class in this country, you live seven or…”

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

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And it is working. System is working great. Richest people become much richer. Corporate profits are soaring. Oh by the way, our life expectancy is five years less than in other countries. If you're working class in this country, you live seven or eight years or shorter lives than if you're rich. But who cares about that? The function of the system is to make money for people on top. And it's working. (01:40–01:46)

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

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