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Chris Murphy: “We just choose not to because we've become okay with dozens and dozens of people in this country making hundreds of…”

On the recordJuly 6, 2026
We just choose not to because we've become okay with dozens and dozens of people in this country making hundreds of billions of dollars.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Critiquing economic inequality in the U.S.

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