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Bernie Sanders: “$7.25 trillion--that is a mind-boggling number if you want to figure out one of the reasons why our economy is not jump…”

On the recordOctober 19, 2011
$7.25 trillion--that is a mind-boggling number if you want to figure out one of the reasons why our economy is not jump starting very well--we lost that much wealth in the housing market, and that is terrible.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Sanders highlights the significant loss of wealth in the housing market post-bubble.

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