“Billionaires and Wall Street should not be buying elections.”
Bernie Sanders (1941) American politician, senator for Vermont
2010s, 2016, Democratic Presidential Debate in Miami (9 March 2016)
“You can’t become a billionaire stepping over children sleeping on the street.”
Source: The Speech: A Historic Filibuster on Corporate Greed and the Decline of Our Middle Class
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