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Bernie Sanders: “These oligarchs, these billionaires, are not nice people…”

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

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Bernie Sanders' May Day Speech in Philadelphia on Workers' Rights and Oligarchy

Published | Video Starts at 09:05

Well, what everyone knows is that today we have a government of the billionaire class, by the billionaire class and for the billionaire class. And we will not allow that to continue. And let me be very clear. These oligarchs, these billionaires, are not nice people. They are incredibly greedy people. You might think, you might think that somebody who has 10 or 20 billion dollars might be content, might think that's enough. Not these guys. They want it all. (09:05–09:19)

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