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Today, the United States is No. 1 in corporate profits, No. 1 in CEO salaries, No. 1 in childhood poverty and No. 1 in income and wealth inequality in the industrialized world.

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Bernie Sanders
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: September 8
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