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Joe Rogan: “We should have been able to [wipe out poverty] a long time…”

Featuring: Joe Rogan, Libertarian-leaning, Socially Liberal | Host of The Joe Rogan Experience | National

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Joe Rogan and Bernie Sanders Discuss Economic Inequality, Automation, and Political Corruption

Published | Video Starts at 56:47

Let me ask you this. With all of this technology, can we wipe out poverty in America? Well, we should be able to, right? You should be able to. Well, We should have been able to [wipe out poverty] a long time ago. If that was something that was politically motivated. If you wanted to do it. But it's easy enough. If it was profitable. Pardon me. If it was profitable to wipe out poverty, which it should be like overall as a community. (56:47–56:52)

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