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Bernie Sanders: “The top 1 percent now earns more income than the bottom 50 percent.”

On the recordMay 18, 2015
The top 1 percent now earns more income than the bottom 50 percent.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Highlights income inequality in America.

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