Bernie Sanders: “CEOs now make 300 times more than their average worker.”

“170 million Americans. Does that make sense to anybody? You got the top 1% owning more wealth than the bottom 90%. While workers are struggling, CEOs now make 300 times more than their average worker. So that is one world, one America. People on top, more money than they could spend in a thousand lifetimes. But then there's another America, and that's an America that you know.” (1:17:07–1:17:12)

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