… or hear very often in the halls of Congress, and that is that never before in American history have so few people had so much wealth and so much power. Today, in our country, we have more income and wealth inequality than we've ever had before. You remember the Gilded Age? Much worse. Today. Today, the top 1% now owns more wealth than the bottom 93%. Now, you want to hear something really crazy? (05:12–05:22)
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Asserts that the U.S. currently has unprecedented income and wealth inequality.
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