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Bernie Sanders: “One man owns more wealth than the bottom 53% of American…”

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 06:20

Got that? Today in america, one man, Mr. Musk, He is now worth $850 billion. One man. While 800,000Americans are homeless and children go hungry, one man. One man owns more wealth than the bottom 53% of American households. Let me repeat that because you may have thought that you misheard what I said. One man owns more wealth than the bottom 53 majority of American households. (06:20–06:28)

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Asserts that one individual owns more wealth than the bottom 53% of American households.

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