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Bernie Sanders: “Top 1% [of Americans] own more wealth than the bottom 93%.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 02:42

Gilded Age right now inequality is much worse than it was in the Gilded Age. You got one guy, Mr. Musk, owning more wealth than the bottom half of American households. Top 1% [of Americans] own more wealth than the bottom 93%. The American people see that. And what they also understand is the reason the government is not acting to protect their interest is that many of the people in Congress … (02:42–02:48)

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