Pete Buttigieg: “In New Hampshire, for example, you had to be in the top 15%…”

“And by the way, all those problems in our system, they were leading to problems in everyday life. There was a time when people could barely afford to live. In New Hampshire, for example, you had to be in the top 15% of income just to reasonably afford to buy a house. People were choosing between health care premiums and mortgage payments. They were getting squeezed by tariffs, all while giant tax breaks went to the richest people in the land.” (13:42–13:49)

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