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Graham Platner: “The goods and services we need to live our lives go up in…”

Featuring: Graham Platner, Populist, Progressive | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Maine

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Graham Platner Speaks to PACKED Augusta Crowd

Published | Video Starts at 13:42

Our paychecks don't go 10 times as far. Mainers don't have 10 times the free time. In fact, we have less. We have fewer schools, fewer hospitals. The goods and services we need to live our lives go up in prices, and our wages remain stagnant. We have watched life get harder down here while we witness somebody like Elon Musk exist. And these two things they are not disconnected. They are part of the exact same story. (13:42–13:49)

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Asserts that prices for goods and services have increased while wages have remained stagnant.

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