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Bernie Sanders: “CEOs of large corporations today making 350 times what the…”

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

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What more do we have to say about the economy? How insane is that? One man owns more wealth than the bottom 53%. The CEOs of large corporations today making 350 times what the average worker in that company is making. But it is. But when we think about the economy, it's not just the grotesque level of income and wealth inequality. Today we have more concentration of ownership than we have ever had. (19:00–19:13)

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Asserts that CEOs earn 350 times more than the average worker in their companies.

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