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Bernie Sanders: “Three people own more wealth than the bottom half of…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 03:11

They see racism and sexism and xenophobia and homophobia. In my country, where we have more income and wealth inequality than we've ever had before, you got three people, Three people own more wealth than the bottom half of American society. So they have a sense that the entire system needs restructuring, which is what I talk about. So it works both ways. I think as an outsider looking over to the US it just seems so divided. (03:11–03:23)

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Asserts that three individuals in the U.S. possess more wealth than the bottom 50% of the population.

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