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Bernie Sanders: “We have the absurd situation where the top 1 percent now owns 38 percent of the wealth in America.”

On the recordMay 21, 2013
We have the absurd situation where the top 1 percent now owns 38 percent of the wealth in America.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Sanders highlights wealth inequality in America.

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