Seniors can't afford glasses and hearing aids because Medicare won't cover them. Veterans can't get VA coverage for dental care. Families live paycheck to paycheck. The federal debt keeps growing, but Top earners wind up paying less than firefighters and public school teachers [in taxes]. Now, look, I'm not saying these problems are cheap and easy to solve, but we could solve them, and we must solve them. And none of this is on the administration's agenda. (08:08–08:16)
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Asserts that top earners pay less in taxes than firefighters and public school teachers.
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