Bernie Sanders: “The 938 billionaires in America became $1.5 trillion richer…”

“Majority of American households today, the CEOs of large profitable corporations now make 350 times more than the average worker. You got that? And last year alone, just one year after receiving the largest tax break in history, The 938 billionaires in America became $1.5 trillion richer [after receiving the largest tax break in history]. I heard that there was a march here in California somewhere worrying about the plight of the billionaires.” (07:39–07:51)

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