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On the recordNovember 14, 2023
Over $50 trillion in wealth has gone from the bottom 90 percent to the top 1 percent.
Said by
Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Sanders cites significant wealth redistribution over the past decades.

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