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Bernie Sanders: “The top one percent earns more income than the bottom 50 percent”

On the recordJanuary 27, 2015
The top one percent earns more income than the bottom 50 percent
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Sanders highlights income inequality in America.

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