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

“Pretty simple question. Canada does it. Europe does it. Somehow we can't do it. Why do we have an economy in which One man, Mr. Musk, owns more wealth than the bottom half of American society. Why do the economists tell us that in the richest country in the history of the world, our kids will likely have a lower standard of living than their parents?” (07:32–07:37)

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