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Bernie Sanders: “So is it a major concern to you that between 2009 and 2011 all--A-L-L--of the new income went to the top 1 percent?”

On the recordApril 9, 2013
So is it a major concern to you that between 2009 and 2011 all--A-L-L--of the new income went to the top 1 percent?
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Senator Sanders questions the concern over income inequality during the recovery period.

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