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Bernie Sanders: Why Do Working People Die Younger Than the Wealthy? | Opinion

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Sen. Ted Cruz : Being poor or working class in America is a death sentence.

Cruz: The bottom 50 percent of Americans can expect to live seven fewer years than those in the top 1 percent .

He says there is a reason why life expectancy in the U.S. is lower than almost every other wealthy nation, even though we're spending twice as much per capita on health care as they do.

Cruz says we need a minimum wage of at least $17 an hour at a time of massive income inequality.

Sen. Bernie Sanders : Americans who only have a high school diploma will likely live 8.5 fewer years than someone with a college degree.

He says there is no excuse for people dying young because of financial stress.

Sanders: We need to create an economy and a government that works for the many, not the few.

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72

Informative language

68

Neutral language

39

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

35

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not offensive

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not hateful

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Time-value

short-lived

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1

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