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Bernie Sanders: “1% [of Americans] owns more wealth [than] the bottom 90%.”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Published | Video Starts at 04:27

All right, all right. Let me give you an example. All right. You got three people in America who own more wealth than the bottom half of American society. Yeah. You got 1% [of Americans] owns more wealth [than] the bottom 90%. you have CEOs who make 350 times more money than workers. We have more income and wealth inequality in America today than we've ever had in the history of this country. (04:27–04:31)

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Asserts that the top 1% of Americans own more wealth than the bottom 90%.

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