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Brad Lander: “In 1990 there were fewer than 100 billionaires and now…”

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Like to point out the fact that it is billionaires rigging the economy that has grown the gap. I saw Graham Platner say this thing yesterday that I thought was so smart. You know, In 1990 there were fewer than 100 billionaires and now there's almost 1,000 billionaires, 10 times more. But we don't have 10 times more affordable housing. We don't have 10 times more hospitals or healthcare institutions in our neighborhood. We don't have 10 times as much affordable childcare. (08:00–08:08)

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Asserts that the number of billionaires has increased from fewer than 100 in 1990 to almost 1,000 now.

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