With that I recognize Senator Sanders. Thank you Mr. Chairman. Thank you panelists for being with us. I don't have any good Uber stories, but what I do know is that In America today we have more income and wealth inequality than we have ever had in the history of the United States. We have a situation where the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%. CEOs of large corporations now earn 350 times more than their average workers. (00:11–00:18)
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Asserts that the current level of income and wealth inequality in the U.S. is unprecedented.
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