Bernie Sanders: “Nobody who works 40 hours a week should live in poverty.”

“Lift that cap, we increase benefits and have Social Security solve it for 75 years. And as Brian mentioned, we have got to raise the minimum wage to a livable wage. Nobody who works 40 hours a week should live in poverty. Here in Ohio and in Vermont and all over this country we got a massive housing crisis. Do you know how many people we could put into good paying union jobs building 7 million units of low income and affordable housing?” (1:18:05–1:18:10)

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