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It is an honor to be joined by Senator Bernie Sanders. Senator, tell us about your Fight the Oligarchy tour where you're traveling to reddish and purplish areas and just speaking to the people and speaking to workers.
Well, the goal of the tour is to go to areas where there are Republican congressmen and women who won by slim margins. and educate the people in those districts to demand that their member of Congress not vote for huge tax breaks for billionaires while at the same time support cuts to Medicaid, education, and healthcare.
So the goal is to make sure that we do not pass a terrible, what is called a reconciliation bill. But most importantly, it is an effort to bring people together
to take on the oligarchs who now run this country, to take on the people who are moving us toward authoritarianism, and to make the point that the overwhelming majority of the American people want to see a government and an economy that works for all and not just a few.
One of the most powerful moments, we've been covering these speeches that I see, and we've covered your speech in Warren.
And thank you so much for doing that. I really do appreciate that.
Oh, it's what people want. People want people like you who are fighting and who are listening. And there's a part in your speech where you ask the people in the crowd, what's it like to live paycheck to paycheck? And people share what they're experiencing with you. Talk to us about that, Senator.
Well, that was an extraordinary moment. And here is the reality, which is not talked about very much. The reality is that in America today, our life expectancy is about four years less than other wealthy countries. But even worse is the fact that if you're working class in America, on average, you live seven to eight years shorter life than people who are wealthy. Now, why is that?
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