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Ted Cruz: “The United Kingdom has lower income per person than every…”

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So they answered that they thought they came in seventh, that the UK income in the UK was wealthier than 43 states. Do you know where they actually fall? Where are they? Dead last, really. The United Kingdom has lower income per person than every single state in America. Number 50, I'm sorry, is Mississippi. That's. Mississippi is 50. I'm glad you. I'm glad you pointed that out, though. But it's still ahead of the UK So we've got that. (30:30–30:37)

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