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Bernie Sanders: “Billionaires are spending huge amounts of money to buy this…”

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

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Bernie Sanders Interview Lex Fridman Podcast #450

Published | Video Starts at 06:41

And that is that billionaires are spending huge amounts of money to buy this election. In Trump's campaign, you got three multibillionaires spending over $200 million. Three people. Democrats have their Billionaires are spending huge amounts of money to buy this election...billionaires play an enormous role in terms of electing politicians and in Washington in determining who, what legislation gets seen and not seen. But it's not just single billionaires, it's companies with lobbyists. You got it? Let me give you one example. Lobbyists, we pay in the United States by far the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. (06:41–07:07)

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Asserts that billionaires significantly influence elections and legislative processes in Washington.

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