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Bernie Sanders: “Three Wall street firms combined being the major…”

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

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Fighting Oligarchy with Bernie, AOC, and Greg Casar.

Published | Video Starts at 1:18:36

So we got massive income and wealth inequality. We have more concentration of ownership in the economy. Handful of giant corporations owning sector after sector. Three Wall street firms combined being the major stockholders in 95% of American corporations. But meanwhile, meanwhile, we have the highest rate of childhood poverty of almost any major country on Earth. Over 20% of our seniors are trying to get by on $15,000 a year or less. (1:18:36–1:18:44)

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Asserts that three Wall Street firms are major stockholders in 95% of U.S. corporations.

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