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Ro Khanna: “We have 900 billionaires in this country and they're worth…”

Featuring: Ro Khanna, Democratic | U.S. House California, 17th Congressional District

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Ro Khanna lays out progressive agenda as he 'seriously' considers presidential run | Newsmakers

Published | Video Starts at 04:59

I am believe we need a economic realignment in this country. What does that look like? Specifically tax billionaire wealth. You could raise $4 trillion if you taxed the billionaires. You know, say We have 900 billionaires in this country and they're worth 22% of the economy, GDP. 900 people. We're not talking about the 1%. We're not talking about the 0.1%. We're not talking about the zero point zero 1%. We're talking about the zero point zero zero 1%. (04:59–05:06)

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Asserts that 900 billionaires in the U.S. hold 22% of the GDP.

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