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Bernie Sanders: “Working class people have a seven year shorter life…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 05:52

And working class Americans, as a result of the stress they experience daily just trying to survive, trying to put food on the table. Working class people have a seven year shorter life expectancy than the wealthy. In other words, being working class in America is a death sentence. Do you hear anybody talking about that horror? I don't. And we do. (05:52–05:57)

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Asserts that working-class people have a seven-year shorter life expectancy than the wealthy.

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