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On the recordMarch 8, 2021
I think the idea that people are struggling in this way, and at the same time, let me say, the countervailing force for us of billionaires who have made $1.2 trillion just in the last year, that contrast, I think, really put that argument to bed.
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Pramila Jayapal
Democratic · Washington
Source
msnbc.com

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Jayapal highlights the contrast between the struggles of the poor and the wealth gained by billionaires during the pandemic.

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