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Bernie Sanders: “We live in a political system where [corporations] own many…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 07:19

The difficulty is we live at a, at a time when you have a corporate media that is not going to discuss these issues very significantly. We live in a political system where [corporations] own many of the members of the Congress. But I think things are changing and people are catching on. Marissa Mendez asks, can someone smart who actually works in economics or something tell us what the heck is going to happen? (07:19–07:24)

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Asserts that many members of Congress are influenced by corporate interests.

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