And it is my concern that everybody in our state and everybody in the country should be able to have the American dream fulfilled for their children. And the very serious acknowledgement that we can't. You know, This is the first moment in American history when people that are 30 years old, half of them are going to earn less than their parents. The young men in their 20s in America are earning less, 40% less in income today than they were in 1976. (02:06–02:14)
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Asserts that half of 30-year-olds today earn less than their parents, a first in American history.
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