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At a "Fight Oligarchy" rally in Portland, Maine, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) slammed the influence of billionaires in U.S. politics.
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00:00political system so as a result of this disastrous citizens united
00:09supreme court decision they said hey they said billionaires hey you have the freedom
00:20to own the american political system and the billionaires responded accordingly
00:25they create these super packs where they can spend as much money as they want democracy is not about
00:35elon musk spending 270 million dollars to elect donald trump president
00:42and obviously his reward was to become the most powerful person in government for three or four
00:52months until he and trump had a lover's quarrel but it is not just republicans it is also the fact
01:03that billionaires play a much too significant role in the democratic party as well
01:10let me tell you let me tell you what a corrupt political system looks like and it's not just
01:34billionaires buying elections that's bad gets even worse than that when trump brought forth
01:40his big beautiful bill which is in my view by the way you're all familiar with that bill
01:47that is the most dangerous disgusting piece of legislation ever passed in the modern history
01:52this country
01:59as you all know this is a bill they gave i mean just think about it at a time when the rich have never
02:07had it so good gave a trillion dollars in tax breaks to the top one percent
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