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Sheldon Whitehouse: “To me, that is a non-starter. We have a country where 1 percent of the population controls more wealth than the lowest…”

On the recordOctober 28, 2009
To me, that is a non-starter. We have a country where 1 percent of the population controls more wealth than the lowest 50 percent.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse criticizes the refusal to raise additional revenues amid wealth inequality.

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