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James Talarico: “Our inability to afford the basics, that is because we have…”

Featuring: James Talarico, Democratic | Texas House of Representatives, District 50

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Published | Video Starts at 06:15

We're just struggling to make those ends meet. And I think what we're trying to communicate on the campaign trail is that our inability to get ahead, Our inability to afford the basics, that is because we have a corrupt political system that only serves the wealthy and the powerful at our expense. And so if we're going to start to lower costs, if we're going to start to raise pay, if we're going to start to unrig this economy, we have to tackle this corruption in our government head on. (06:15–06:27)

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Asserts that a corrupt political system is responsible for economic struggles.

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