Bernie Sanders: “Over the past decade, the wealthiest 1% of the global…”

“And Mark Zuckerberg, he became 90 billion richer this year alone. In other words, the people on top who are already phenomenally rich, are becoming incredibly richer. Over the past decade, the wealthiest 1% of the global population amassed $42 trillion in new wealth. while the wealth of the bottom half of society barely budged. In fact, as of Today, the top 1% own small wealth than 95% of the people on this earth.” (01:58–02:08)

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