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James Talarico: “This current cost of living crisis is the culmination of 50…”

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

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James Talarico gives commencement address at Paul Quinn College

Published | Video Starts at 04:36

For millennials like me, it's 50%, and for gen Z it's even lower. And we know that Black Texans have 10 times less wealth and are half as likely to own a home. This current cost of living crisis is the culmination of 50 years of trickle down economics. 50 years of the top 1% rigging this economic system and this political system for their own benefit at our expense. Young people. Young people can't afford to buy a home, but Jeff Bezos has 12. (04:36–04:45)

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Asserts that the cost of living crisis results from decades of trickle-down economics.

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