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Bernie Sanders: “Today, that average American worker is earning less than he…”

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

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"And you wonder why people in this country are angry?" Bernie Sanders discusses wealth gap

Published | Video Starts at 00:19

They have a reason to be angry. And the reason is that right now, real inflation accounted for wages, real dollars over the last 50 years. Today, that average American worker is earning less than he or she did 50 years ago. So what happened? How did that happen? Well, I'll tell you what happened. It was a study done by the RAND Corporation, kind of conservative think tank. (00:19–00:26)

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Asserts that the average American worker's real wages have decreased over the last 50 years.

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