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Bernie Sanders: “Millions of people don't have $1,000 in the bank in America…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 50:13

If you can't get to work, you're going to lose your job. If you lose your job, how are. You going to survive? That's because Millions of people don't have $1,000 in the bank in America today. And this is a remarkable, remarkable fact. It is not just that our life expectancy, you all know what life expectancy, how long we live, it's about four years shorter than. (50:13–50:23)

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Asserts that many Americans lack $1,000 in savings.

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