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Bernie Sanders: “If you look at Wall Street, the power of Wall Street, the…”

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

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Theo Von Interviews Bernie Sanders on American Politics and 2024 Election

Published | Video Starts at 06:33

Absolutely. That's even bigger than our own government, numbers wise. Well, not big. That's. Well, but we could define what we mean by bigger. But that's fair. But If you look at Wall Street, the power of Wall Street, the drug companies, the insurance companies, the fossil fuel industry, you have enormous wealth, enormous power. And if your question is, is a government that tells them what to do, or they tell what the government to do? More the latter. They tell the government what to do. (06:33–06:43)

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Asserts that Wall Street, drug companies, insurance companies, and the fossil fuel industry hold significant power and wealth.

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