Quotes tagged ‘the 1%’

(5 total)

“With flying vacations on hold, there’s been a frenzy of boat sales.”

“We are simultaneously trying to build an unprecedented grassroots movement of millions of working people, black and white and Latino, Native American and Asian American around an agenda that works for all of us and not just the 1%.”

— Bernie Sanders, theintercept.com

“Over the last 30 years, the top one percent have seen a $21 trillion increase in their wealth, [while the] bottom half of America [has had] a decline in their wealth. A lot of that is attributable to the agenda of the wealthy. And that agenda is brought about, is implemented, by their campaign contr…”

— Bernie Sanders, capitalandmain.com

“When we talk about oligarchy, let us be clear about what we mean. Right now, in the United States of America, three families control more wealth than the bottom half of our country, some 160 million Americans. The top 1% own more wealth than the bottom 92% and 49% of all new income generated today g…”

— Bernie Sanders, vox.com

“The richest one percent of this country owns half our country's wealth, five trillion dollars. One third of that comes from hard work, two thirds comes from inheritance, interest on interest accumulating to widows and idiot sons and what I do, stock and real estate speculation. It's bullshit. You go…”

— Oliver Stone, Stanley Weiser, Gordon Gekko, Michael Douglas, imdb.com