People have worked their whole lives to support us, to build our economy. They fought in our wars, they raised us. How we doing with our elderly folks? Well, today, Roughly one in three older adults, people over 65, are economically insecure with incomes below 200% of the federal poverty rate. And I want you to hear this one to tell you how outrageous our sense of priorities is. Older Americans living in poverty die nearly nine years earlier than their wealthier peers. (15:51–16:01)
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Asserts that about one-third of seniors are economically insecure with incomes below 200% of the federal poverty rate.
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