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Bernie Sanders: “Top 1% now owns more wealth than the bottom 93%.”

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

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Unbelievably, Elon Musk, wealthiest man alive, now owns more wealth than the bottom 53% of American households. One man, one man, now owns more wealth, some $700 billion plus more wealth than the bottom 53% of American households. Top 1% now owns more wealth than the bottom 93%. CEOs of large, profitable corporations now earn 350 times what their average worker makes. Meanwhile, in America today, while the very rich become obscenely richer, 60% of Americans are living … (18:53–18:59)

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Asserts that the top 1% of wealth holders own more than the bottom 93%.

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