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Democratic capitalism – marriage on the rocks

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The Poverty of the United States

I think that when people outside of the United States look at my country, they think, well, this is the wealthiest country in the history of the world. But over 60% of Americans today are living paycheck to paycheck. They don't know that a half a million Americans are homeless and that we have a child care system which is in total disarray. So I think the misery and the pain that currently exists in the United States is not something that we talk about enough.

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