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On the recordApril 26, 2021
The truth is, the rich have run amok over the last 50 years of American history, and our government's willing complicity in their antics has permitted a handful of egregiously wealthy human beings to accumulate massive, budget-warping, mind-blowing amounts of money--all at the continuing expense of the vast majority of the American people.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren criticizes the growing wealth inequality and government complicity.

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