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Bernie Sanders: “The top 1% [are] owning more wealth than the bottom 93%.”

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

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Joe Rogan and Bernie Sanders Discuss Economic Inequality, Automation, and Political Corruption

Published | Video Starts at 02:03

That's just the fact you have one man, Mr. Musk, owning more wealth than the bottom 52% of American families. One man, 52% of the American families, you got The top 1% [are] owning more wealth than the bottom 93%. You got CEOs, large corporations making 350 times what their workers make. And meanwhile, in this richest country in the history of the world, working class people are getting decimated today. (02:03–02:08)

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Asserts that the top 1% of wealth holders own more wealth than the bottom 93% of Americans.

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