Bernie Sanders: “They spend huge amounts of money in campaigns to elect…”

“What you have now, in an unprecedented moment in world history, is a small number of unbelievably wealthy people who are running unbelievably large corporations who have enormous influence over our political system. You know, They spend huge amounts of money in campaigns to elect people who are not going to do what many parents would like their elected officials to do. And I have to tell you, it is not just education. We're seeing it in many, many aspects of our life.” (02:04–02:13)

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