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Bernie Sanders: “The big money and the billionaires own the economy.”

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

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Oligarchs Can "Go to Hell"

Published | Video Starts at 00:02

The more important point is not just that The big money and the billionaires own the economy. They do. It's not just that they buy and sell politicians in a corrupt political system. They do. It's not just that we have more concentration of ownership today. (00:02–00:06)

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Asserts that billionaires have control over the economy.

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