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Bernie Sanders: “You got one guy, Mr. Musk, owning more wealth than the…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 55:06

No. Okay. You have more income and wealth inequality than we have ever had. So you got one guy. I mean, again, you know, it's almost unbelievable to say this. You got one guy, Mr. Musk, owning more wealth than the bottom 52% of American households. Does anybody think that's what America is supposed to be about? So you got massive income and wealth inequality. You have massive amounts of concentration of ownership, where fewer and fewer large corporations, including in the health care industry. (55:06–55:12)

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Asserts that Elon Musk owns more wealth than the bottom 52% of American households combined.

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