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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “In the last five years, billionaire wealth has doubled.”

Featuring: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democratic | U.S. House, New York, District 14

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AOC in Conversation with David Axelrod

Published | Video Starts at 05:55

And that that's not. That is somehow completely disconnected and alien from the fact that we have a system that is designed to create this level of income inequality. Now, In the last five years, billionaire wealth has doubled. Ask yourself if the quality of your life has doubled in the last five years. And we are experiencing the concentration of our systems, our housing system. (05:55–06:01)

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