Bernie Sanders: “Fewer than 1,000 billionaires became one and a half trillion…”

“And the gap between the very, very rich and everybody else is growing wider. Last year alone, after receiving the largest tax break in history, Fewer than 1,000 billionaires became one and a half trillion dollars richer. Thousand people, trillion and a half dollars richer. Over the last six years, billionaires in America have more than doubled their wealth. And over the last 50 years, this trend has been going on for a while.” (05:59–06:06)

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