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Bernie Sanders: “That one family owns more wealth than the bottom 40 percent of the American people.”

On the recordFebruary 12, 2013
That one family owns more wealth than the bottom 40 percent of the American people.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Sanders highlights wealth inequality linked to welfare dependency.

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