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Brian Tyler Cohen: “The top 1% controls about $53 trillion in this country…”

Featuring: Brian Tyler Cohen, Progressive | Podcast Host and MSNBC Contributor | National

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There are probably a dozen others that we should move quickly on. I think we're at a moment right now where The top 1% controls about $53 trillion in this country, while the bottom 50% control $5 trillion. So a massive wealth disparity in this country happening right now and frankly, it's egged on by the policies of this Republican Party and this administration, which again, they ran on this idea that they were going to be champions for the little guy. (16:14–16:21)

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Asserts a massive wealth disparity in the U.S. between the top 1% and the bottom 50%.

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