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Bernie Sanders: “If 95 percent of all new income generated in recent years went to the top one percent, is that, in fact, true, that…”

On the recordMarch 31, 2014
If 95 percent of all new income generated in recent years went to the top one percent, is that, in fact, true, that economic growth is going to impact poverty?
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Questioning the effectiveness of economic growth in reducing poverty amidst income inequality.

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