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Bernie Sanders: “Mark Zuckerberg [is] the wealthiest man in California and…”

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

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FULL SPEECH: Bernie Sanders Holds 'Billionaire Tax Now' Event In Los Angeles, California

Published | Video Starts at 11:11

Listen to the needs of working people. Stop threatening the people of California. Start paying your fair share of taxes. But it's not just Mr. Brin. Mark Zuckerberg [is] the wealthiest man in California and the fourth wealthiest person in the world, worth $226 billion. And for Mr. Zuckerberg is apparently not good enough to own one yacht. He had to buy three yachts worth $530 million. He had to buy 11 homes in Palo Alto to make a family compound. (11:11–23:43)

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Asserts that Mark Zuckerberg is the wealthiest in California and fourth globally, with a net worth of $226 billion.

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