I want to tell you what it also is. There's a fact that we don't talk about in American society, in the media, in Congress, terribly much. And that is We have one of the lowest life expectancies of any major country on Earth. You all know that other countries living four, five, six years longer than we do. But what is almost never discussed is that working class people in our country live six or seven years shorter lives than the very rich. (08:27–08:34)
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Asserts that the U.S. has one of the lowest life expectancies among major countries.
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