Political Quotes

On the recordOctober 3, 2011
Do you believe that this economy will recover so long as we continue to have this growing gap between the very, very rich and everybody else where some people have so much, and so many people have so little?
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Sanders questions the sustainability of economic recovery amid growing inequality.

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