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Bernie Sanders: “Extreme is when one man owns more wealth than the bottom 53%…”

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

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He's an extremist because he thinks the United States of America should do what every other major country on earth does and guarantee health care to all people. That's radical. That's extreme. Well, I'll tell you what's extreme. Extreme is when one man owns more wealth than the bottom 53% of American households. That's extreme. That's radical. I'll tell you something else that we don't talk about much as we get into this campaign system. It's not just unprecedented levels of income and wealth inequality. (07:24–07:30)

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