Mark Pocan: “People are just working hard to get by.”

“I mean, what is it like 40% of people don't have $400 for an emergency expense if something would come up. I mean, people are. No savings. Yeah, no savings. People are just working hard to get by. Right. And day to day, I think we just saw that in some of the election stuff. Right. I mean people just, it's survival and taking care of your family and having opportunity.” (31:37–31:39)

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