And we are left with a country where a handful of billionaires at the top pop Champagne and their 300 million million dollar yachts while working people take on even more shifts to try to pay off their student loan debt. The top 1% of US earners now have more wealth than the entire middle class. We need to overhaul our tax code. We need a wealth tax. And it's about time that corporations paid their fair share. (01:02–01:10)
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Asserts that the top 1% of earners in the US possess more wealth than the entire middle class.
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