Today in America, over half of our people are living paycheck to paycheck, and millions are trying to get by on 8, 9, 10 bucks an hour, which, in my view, is a starvation wage.
Bernie Sanders: “Today in America, over half of our people are living paycheck to paycheck, and millions are trying to get by on 8, 9, 10…”
On the recordJune 7, 2021
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Sanders describes the financial struggles of many Americans.
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