Political Quotes

Bernie Sanders: “Where you have the top 1 percent earning more income than the bottom 50 percent.”

On the recordJanuary 6, 2011
Where you have the top 1 percent earning more income than the bottom 50 percent.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Sanders illustrates the extreme income disparity in America.

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