On the recordSeptember 23, 2019
Nearly half of all wealth grown since 1986, as you well know, has gone to the top 1 percent of our households, while the top 1 percent controls 42 percent of the nation's wealth.
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Pressley points out the disproportionate wealth accumulation by the top 1 percent since 1986.
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