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Mandela Barnes: “The distance between labor and capital cannot be greater.”

Featuring: Mandela Barnes, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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Interview with Mandela Barnes for Governor

Published | Video Starts at 19:54

It's politicians that cast the votes that give these massive tax breaks and give people unchecked power without raising the wages and giving at least some power to the working class. You know, at this point, The distance between labor and capital cannot be greater. Everything is going towards capital and hardly anything to labor. So when you have elected officials that make those decisions that make it harder for working people to get ahead, … (19:54–19:59)

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Asserts that the gap between labor and capital is at an all-time high.

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