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Gwen Moore: “We look at market income versus all other income and they're…”

Featuring: Gwen Moore, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 4

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Discussion on Economic Security and the True Cost of Living with Gwen Moore and Seven Letter Insight

Published | Video Starts at 30:40

So that you can look at that and see what the level of resources are, you know, percentage of resources that are attributed to income and then all of the other costs, the other resources. So We look at market income versus all other income and they're going to have Social Security, Medicare, either way because they're earned benefits. So they can be part of market or not market. And I will just add that it does speak to the point that you made about wages and wage stagnation and it helps us to appreciate and understand that a little more. (30:40–30:49)

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Asserts that Social Security and Medicare are considered earned benefits and can be part of market or non-market income.

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