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Tony Lyons: “The wealth of the top 1% or the top 2% is going up and up.”

Featuring: Tony Lyons, President and Publisher of Skyhorse Publishing | New York

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Book Publisher, TONY LYONS, CEO of Skyhorse Publishing, on defending the FIRST Amendment

Published | Video Starts at 20:03

So we've actually, as a country, even though maybe our gross national product goes up, the average person in this country, their relative wealth is going down and down and down, and The wealth of the top 1% or the top 2% is going up and up. So, you know, that's what's really scary is that people don't see what's going on. And you can't fight something if you can't see it. (20:03–20:09)

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Asserts that the wealth of the top 1-2% is increasing.

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