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Bernie Sanders: “We have more income and wealth inequality than we have ever…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 27:14

We have a major housing crisis in Vermont, California, all over this country. Trump did not have one word to say about how we're going to resolve it. Today in America, We have more income and wealth inequality than we have ever had in the history of our nation. The three wealthiest people in America, the people standing right behind Trump and its inauguration, own more wealth than the bottom half of American society, 170 million people. (27:14–27:22)

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Asserts that current income and wealth inequality in the U.S. is at a historical high.

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