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Bernie Sanders: “Three people on top owning more wealth than the bottom half…”

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

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Bernie Sanders Interview Lex Fridman Podcast #450

Published | Video Starts at 28:10

… trillion, trillion with a T redistribution of wealth from the bottom 90% to the top 1%. So you have CEOs today making 300 times more than their workers. You got Three people on top owning more wealth than the bottom half of American society. So that's why people are angry, and they're worried that their kids may have a lower standard of living than they in the wealthiest country in the history of the world. (28:10–28:14)

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Asserts that three individuals own more wealth than the bottom half of Americans.

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