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Search results for "19 super-rich American households added 1.8 trillion to their wealth in the last 24 months"

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Michael Moore stated on March 05, 2011 in a speech to protesters in Madison, Wisconsin:
"Just 400 Americans -- 400 -- have more wealth than half of all Americans combined."
By Tom Kertscher• March 10, 2011
Bernie Sanders stated on February 07, 2016 in a video:
"The richest 80 people in the world own more wealth than the bottom half of the global population."
By Jon Greenberg• February 17, 2016
Donald Trump stated on October 11, 2017 in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity:
The Obama administration "borrowed more than $10 trillion, right? And yet, we picked up $5.2 trillion just in the stock market. ... Maybe in a sense we’re reducing debt."
By Louis Jacobson• October 12, 2017
Facebook posts stated on March 30, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“Democrat’s New Plan: Tax billionaires to lower the deficit by $1 TRILLION and fund clean energy independence. Republican’s New Plan: Raise taxes on households earning less than $50,000 by an ADDITIONAL $4,500 after CUTTING taxes for the rich.”
By Sara Swann• April 4, 2022
John Duncan stated on December 01, 2011 in Washington Report newsletter to constituents.:
"Fewer than 10 percent of those in the House are what anyone would classify as wealthy."
By Michael Collins• February 17, 2012
Jeb Bush stated on August 21, 2015 in a fundraising email:
"Trump proposed enacting the largest tax increase in American history."  
By Amy Sherman• September 2, 2015
Bernie Sanders stated on July 01, 2015 in a speech:
"The top one-tenth of 1 percent" of Americans "own almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent."
By Tom Kertscher• July 29, 2015
Hank Johnson stated on February 24, 2012 in an op-ed in the Huffington Post:
"In the last two years, super PACs raised more than $180 million -- with roughly half of it coming from fewer than 200 super-rich people and roughly 20 percent from corporations."
By Willoughby Mariano• March 13, 2012
Lindsey Graham stated on March 08, 2015 in a speech in Concord, N.H.:
"If you took every penny of the 1 percent, including their dog, you wouldn't even begin to balance the budget."
By Clay Wirestone• March 27, 2015
Donald Trump stated on January 20, 2017 in his inaugural address:
"We've made other countries rich while the wealth ... of our country has dissipated over the horizon."
By Jon Greenberg• January 20, 2017
Starbucks stated on March 20, 2015 in a newspaper advertisement:
"White people control almost 90 percent of the nation's wealth."
By Tom Kertscher• March 31, 2015
Bernie Sanders stated on April 19, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":
 "99 percent of all new income today (is) going to the top 1 percent."
By Katie Sanders• April 19, 2015
Charles Schumer stated on March 01, 2017 in a Senate floor speech:
"In fact, if you add up the net wealth of his cabinet, it has more wealth than a third of the American people total -- close to 100 million people."  
By Jana Heigl• March 27, 2017
Mitt Romney stated on March 02, 2012 in a rally in Cleveland, Ohio:
Says in the 2012 State of the Union address, President Obama "didn't even mention the deficit or debt."
By Molly Moorhead• March 5, 2012
Randy Forbes stated on January 24, 2012 in a blog post.:
"The national debt is equal to $48,700 for every American or $128,300 for every U.S. household. It is now equivalent to the size of our entire economy."
By Sean Gorman• February 3, 2012
Chris Hayes stated on April 15, 2011 in an interview on MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show":
According to David Cay Johnston, "the average American pays about 22 percent of their income to federal taxes. The richest 400 Americans … pay about 16 percent of their income to federal taxes."
By Louis Jacobson• April 19, 2011
Rebuilding America Now stated on August 07, 2016 in an ad played on "Meet the Press":
Through the Clinton Foundation, "the Clintons are now worth in excess of $100 million."
By Jon Greenberg• August 7, 2016
Bernie Sanders stated on February 19, 2020 in a debate:
“Mike Bloomberg owns more wealth than the bottom 125 million Americans.”
By Louis Jacobson• March 2, 2020
Paul Krugman stated on June 22, 2009 in a column:
Even high estimates for an early draft of the health care plan are "less than the $1.8 trillion cost of the Bush tax cuts."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• June 24, 2009
Elizabeth Warren stated on January 29, 2019 in a tweet:
"The top 0.1 percent ... own about the same wealth as 90 percent of America."  
By Jon Greenberg• January 31, 2019

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By Linda Qiu• April 7, 2016

Elizabeth Warren: Does her wealth tax pay for her child care and higher education plans?

By Jon Greenberg• April 25, 2019

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Fact-checking night one of the 2020 Democratic debates in Detroit

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Fact-checking night one of the 2020 Democratic presidential debates in Detroit

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Does a secretary pay higher taxes than a millionaire?

By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 21, 2011

No, really -- it's True

By Tom Kertscher• June 8, 2015

The cost of Medicare for All: Sticker shock or bill relief?

By Jon Greenberg• September 13, 2019

Fact-checking Joe Biden’s closing arguments of the 2020 campaign

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Elizabeth Warren's plans: $7 trillion in new spending over 10 years, before Medicare for All

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