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For Warren, a wealth tax is primarily a path to revenue, while Sanders emphasizes reducing the economic power of billionaires as a class

I am tired of big financial firms looting the economy to pad their own pockets while the rest of the economy suffers. I will stop the looting and make sure Wall Street serves the rest of the economy, rather than the other way around.

Inherited wealth and crony capitalism have created an aristocratic class that undermines social mobility and democracy

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Most of the candidates for the Democratic Presidential nomination seem to have no problem with the presence of grand private fortunes

How can Americans of all generations come together to fight for greater economic security for all of us? Today's tyrants are trying to convince younger generations to fight older generations over scraps, rather than joining together to demand more.

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