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Beto O'Rourke: “I'm going to make sure that what you take home in pay is…”

Featuring: Beto O'Rourke, Democratic | Former Candidate, Governor of Texas

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Published | Video Starts at 27:27

But if you don't also offer a compelling, ambitious, aspirational vision, here's how your life is going to be better when Democrats are in office. People didn't hear that. You know, things like, I'm going to make sure that what you take home in pay is enough to live on so you don't have to work a second or a third job. I'm going to make sure that you can see a doctor when you're sick, before you're sick. I don't want you to get sick in first place. (27:27–27:34)

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Asserts a policy goal of ensuring wages are sufficient to live on without multiple jobs.

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