Last year alone, after receiving the largest tax break in history, fewer than 1,000 billionaires in America became $1.5 trillion rich. There aren't too many billionaires in this room, I gather. Over the past six years, billionaires in [America] have more than doubled their wealth. And listen to this. According to the Rand Corporation, not exactly a socialist operation. Over the last 50 years, there has been a 79 trillion dollar redistribution of wealth from the bottom 90% to the top 1%. (51:14–51:18)
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Asserts that billionaires in America have more than doubled their wealth over the past six years.
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