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Bernie Sanders: “Working class people in our country live six or seven years…”

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

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Bernie Sanders Warns Iowa City About Rise Of Oligarchy Power In The United States

Published | Video Starts at 08:43

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. Do you all know that? Why is that? All right, who said that? Who said that? Stand up. Well, all right. What does stress do to people? All right. (08:43–08:52)

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Asserts that working-class Americans have a life expectancy six or seven years shorter than the wealthy.

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