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Bernie Sanders: “Billionaires in America have more than doubled their wealth…”

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

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FULL SPEECH: Bernie Sanders Holds 'Billionaire Tax Now' Event In Los Angeles, California

Published | Video Starts at 07:43

Well, I don't think our hearts have got to go out too far to a group of people who in one year have seen a 1 1/2 trillion dollar increase in their wealth. In fact, over the past six years, Billionaires in America have more than doubled their wealth over the past six years. four and a half trillion dollars richer. And I want to tell you something else, because it's not just a new phenomenon under Trump. (07:43–07:52)

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Asserts that billionaires' wealth has more than doubled in six years.

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