When we were in school, we learned about the Gilded Age. Remember the Gilded Age? Rockefeller and Carnegie and Mellon and all those guys, they were incredibly rich. The situation today is much more unequal than it was during the Gilded Age. It is worse than it has ever been in American history. Some 60% of our people are living paycheck to paycheck. I grew up in a family that lived paycheck to paycheck. (05:45–05:52)
CLAIM
Asserts that current wealth inequality is greater than during the Gilded Age.
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