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Susan Altman: “There are senior citizens who can't afford to stay here.”

Featuring: Susan Altman, Democrat | Former Candidate, U.S. House New Jersey, District 7

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Sue Altman on why she’s running for Congress I Reporters Roundtable

Published | Video Starts at 06:19

And I will work hard on that. Beyond that, the economy, things are too freaking expensive. I have friends, millennials, who want to move back to this area and can't afford it. There are senior citizens who can't afford to stay here. So something absolutely has to change, and we need to make sure there's broad prosperity in this economy and not just a prosperity that's shared by the very teeny, tiniest, wealthiest people, that it's shared broadly across the entire population. (06:19–07:25)

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Asserts that the high cost of living is forcing senior citizens to leave the area.

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