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Cindy Axne: “The total wealth of the top 1 percent has increased by more than $21 trillion.”

On the recordJuly 9, 2019
The total wealth of the top 1 percent has increased by more than $21 trillion.
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Cindy Axne
Iowa

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Axne highlights the growing wealth disparity in America.

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