Bernie Sanders: “Mr. Musk, who owns more wealth than the bottom half of…”

“We're the richest country in the history of the world. But that doesn't mean anything if you got one guy, Mr. Musk, who owns more wealth than the bottom half of American households. And then when we go forward and we pass legislation, we've got to understand there are millions of people out there, maybe you, working for starvation wages.” (05:41–05:47)

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