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Bernie Sanders: “The top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%.”

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

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What is radical is being the only major country on earth not to guarantee health care to all people. What is radical is when The top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%. So standing with working people is not radical. It's what the American people want. And those are the changes we've got to bring about. Thank. You. (44:50–44:56)

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Asserts that the wealth distribution is heavily skewed towards the top 1% in the U.S.

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