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Bernie Sanders: “One in three older adults are economically insecure.”

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

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They're the people who built the economy, the people who fought in wars to defend democracy. But in America today, quite unbelievably, at a time when the richest people have never had it so good, One in three older adults are economically insecure. In America today, if you can believe it, over 20% of citizens, seniors, are trying to get by on $15,000 a year or less. That is. Listen to this. (15:15–15:21)

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Asserts that one-third of older adults in the U.S. face economic insecurity.

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