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Mandela Barnes: “There is a person on track to become a trillionaire in our…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 00:08

This is going to be an easy yes for me because the wealthy has gotten away without paying their fair share for far too long. Corporations are making historic sums of wealth. There is a person on track to become a trillionaire in our lifetime. And if that is not an indictment on our economy, I don't know what is. And in Wisconsin, we have done the bold thing before and I am, as governor, I am promising you that we are going to do bold things once again. (00:08–00:13)

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Asserts that an individual is projected to reach trillionaire status within our lifetime.

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