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Bernie Sanders: “Real inflation accounted for. Wages today are lower than…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 59:42

And they are angry all over this country. They are angry because, believe it or not, despite a huge increase in worker productivity over the last 52 years, if you could believe it, Real inflation accounted for. Wages today are lower than they were 52 years ago. Meanwhile, there has been a $75 trillion treasury transfer of wealth from the bottom 90% to the top 1%. That is what a rigged economy is about, and that is what we are going to change. (59:42–59:49)

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Asserts that real wages have decreased over the past 52 years.

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