Bernie Sanders: “CEOs of large profitable corporations now make 350 times…”

“Let me repeat that because you may, may have thought that you misheard what I said. One man owns more wealth than the bottom 53%. Majority of American households today, the CEOs of large profitable corporations now make 350 times more than the average worker. You got that? And last year alone, just one year after receiving the largest tax break in history, the 938 billionaires in America became $1.5 trillion richer.” (07:18–07:29)

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