Bernie Sanders: “Mr. Musk himself, is now worth close to $800 billion, which…”

“And you want to hear something even more insane? I mean, this is really crazy. And what's crazy is nobody. Very few of us talk about it. One man, our good friend Mr. Musk, Mr. Musk himself, is now worth close to $800 billion, which is more wealth than the bottom 53% of American households. Can you imagine that one guy owning more wealth of about a half of American households? CEOs. Large profitable corporations now make 350 times what the average worker makes.” (05:18–05:39)

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