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Bernie Sanders: “I think you are right, but my point would be that even if you had more economic growth, if you had this kind of…”

On the recordMarch 31, 2014
I think you are right, but my point would be that even if you had more economic growth, if you had this kind of incredible inequality in terms of income, if 95 percent of all new income went to the top one percent, you can have six percent growth and still see an increase in poverty.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Sanders highlights the impact of income inequality on poverty despite economic growth.

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