July 19, 2018
Bernie Sanders: Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett have more wealth than bottom half of U.S.
Do three Americans really have more wealth than half the country? It’s a claim made by the runner-up for the 2016 Democratic nomination for president, Bernie Sanders. Campaigning on July 14, 2018…
Do three Americans really have more wealth than half the country?
It’s a claim made by the runner-up for the 2016 Democratic nomination for president, Bernie Sanders.
Campaigning on July 14, 2018 for U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., Sanders told a crowd in Eau Claire:
“The three wealthiest people” own “more wealth than the bottom half of the American people.”
The U.S. senator, an independent from Vermont, previously made the claim on Facebook and repeated it three days after his Wisconsin appearance in a column in USA Today.
What we found is the wealth lead enjoyed by the three billionaires is even larger than what Sanders said.
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