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On the recordMarch 24, 2015
I am so grateful to Senator Sanders because he explains things like no one else. He takes it down to the average working family in America. That is really who we are here to protect, not the super top rich people. They are doing fine. Senator Sanders taught me something this morning. I am just going to make sure I remember it correctly. The wealth of the top 14 richest people in America in the last couple of years went up over $100 billion. How much was it?
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California

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