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Bernie Sanders: “On average, CEOs make 300 times more than American workers.”

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

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Bernie Sanders campaigning for Kamala Harris, Baraboo, Wisconsin

Published | Video Starts at 30:37

Turns out that the CEO of Stellantis makes 500 million times more than the average automobile worker. 500 times more. On average, CEOs make 300 times more than American workers. That is not, again, what our country is supposed to be about. Yeah, bosses are going to make more than workers. Nothing new about that. (30:37–30:42)

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Asserts a large pay gap between CEOs and average American workers.

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