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Bernie Sanders: “Three people, Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg combined, own more…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 04:47

When is the last time that you heard a serious discussion, or any discussion at all on television about the unprecedented level of income and wealth inequality that we're currently experiencing today in America? Three people. Three people, Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg combined, own more wealth than the bottom half of American society. 170 million people. Think that's an important issue? Yeah, I do. I think that's maybe the most important issue that we face from an economic perspective. But we don't talk about it. (04:47–04:55)

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Asserts that Musk, Bezos, and Zuckerberg own more wealth than the bottom half of American society.

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