Tucker Carlson: “Nearly half of American adults, they would suffer financial…”

“I didn't know that that happened exactly. You ran experiments and replicated them. I thought that was exactly. Here's a depressing but true statistic. Nearly half of American adults, they would suffer financial hardship within six months if they lost their primary income earner. That's a telling sign that people are living on the edge, many of them. The economy's fragile. That's true for millions and millions of people. What do you do about it?” (20:42–20:50)

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