During Friday’s ‘Fight Oligarchy’ event in Denver, Colorado, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) discussed the high concentration of wealth in the United States and this groups power in the Trump Administration.
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00:00You know, a few years ago, when I used the word oligarchy, people didn't know what I
00:07was talking about.
00:08Well, they know what I'm talking about now.
00:09I would be dumb, blind, and deaf not to see what's going on.
00:10Trump gets inaugurated and I have the unusual position.
00:11I don't know how it happened.
00:12I got right on the front row.
00:13So there I was watching the scene.
00:15Right behind Trump are the three wealthiest people in the country.
00:16Most famous ones in Zuckerberg.
00:17I don't know how it happened.
00:18I would be dumb, blind, and deaf not to see what's going on.
00:19Trump gets inaugurated and I have the unusual position.
00:20I don't know how it happened.
00:21I got right on the front row.
00:22So there I was watching the scene.
00:23Right behind Trump are the three wealthiest people in the country.
00:24Most famous ones in Zuckerberg.
01:15We have a serious problem with people who are addicted, right?
01:20We got a serious drug problem.
01:22We got an alcohol problem.
01:24We got tobacco problems.
01:26We got people who are addicted to one thing or another.
01:30But I will tell you what I think the worst addiction in this country is, the most dangerous.
01:37And that is the greed of the Arabs.
01:44You know, everybody wants to do well.
01:47We all want to make money.
01:48We all want to live comfortably.
01:50That's not true.
01:51That's right.
01:52But these guys already have billions, tens of billions, hundreds of billions.
01:58How much money do you need?
02:04And right now what these holocausts are doing is they're going after Social Security.
02:11They're going after Medicaid.
02:16They are trying to destroy the Veterans Administration.
02:24Veterans put their lives on the line to defend this country.
02:31And they want to fire 83,000 workers at the VA.
02:39Which will mean worse quality health care for our veterans.
02:46And you know what is almost unimaginable?
02:49And this is what greed is to us.
02:51Like a heroin addict.
02:52You'll eat more and more and more.
02:55They want to cut nutrition programs for hungry kids.
03:00You tell me, in what world, in what universe, in what religion,
03:09is taking food away from hungry children and giving tax breaks to the rich vaguely more?