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Ruben Gallego: “Altogether, that's $98,000 on average for an American family…”

Featuring: Ruben Gallego, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Arizona

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Published | Video Starts at 01:05

That makes about $100,000 a year. What do you actually get for that amount of money? Childcare, food, medical, housing, transportation, Internet, mobile phones, and of course, taxes. Altogether, that's $98,000 on average for an American family [of four making $100,000 a year]. Which means if you're a family that's making $100,000, maybe you have an extra thousand 400 a year right now. That does not feel comfortable at all. (01:05–01:11)

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Asserts that an average American family of four making $100,000 a year spends $98,000 on basic expenses.

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