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There is a reason why these people [from Wall Street] are putting huge amounts of money into our political system. And in my view, it is undermining American democracy and it is allowing Congress to represent wealthy campaign contributors and not the working families of this country.

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