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Bernie Sanders: “Alaska has a wealth fund based on their oil benefits.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 18:59

But the wealth came not to a handful of people, went back to the people of Norway. Actually, interestingly enough, Alaska. I don't know if a lot of people know. Do you know that, Robin, Alaska has a wealth fund based on their oil benefits. People get 1000 a year per person or 1500, whatever. So the bottom line here is the natural resource of AI is the labor of people. (18:59–19:04)

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Asserts that Alaska has a wealth fund from oil revenues.

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