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Gavin Newsom: “10% of people own 2/3 of the wealth [in the United States].”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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Governor Newsom, First Partner make announcements on financial literacy, wealth access for women

Published | Video Starts at 22:51

I just want to step back a little bit and try to knit some things together and give you a rationale for at least an argument for the case we're trying to make here today. We live in a country well established that 10% of people own 2/3 of the wealth [in the United States]. We live in a country where a 30 year old for the first time in American history is not doing better than his or her parents did. (22:51–22:57)

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Asserts that a small percentage of the population holds the majority of the wealth in the U.S.

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