Bernie Sanders

“So as you indicated, you have a company like Amazon owned by Jeff Bezos, who happens to be the wealthiest guy in America worth about $150 billion. Amazon paid …”

Sanders claims Jeff Bezos is worth about $150 billion and that Amazon paid zero federal income tax.

“We bought insulin in Windsor, Ontario for one tenth the price, 10% of the price, same exact product being charged in America.”

Sanders claims insulin bought in Windsor, Ontario cost one-tenth (10%) of the U.S. price for the identical product.

“How is it possible that we pay ten times more for insulin in this country and for other drugs than the one in Canada or countries around the world?”

Sanders claims Americans pay ten times more than Canadians and other countries for insulin and other drugs generally.

“Do you know how much the drug companies alone spent to defeat that effort? They spent $131 million on one ballot item in one state. All right. Last year, the t…”

Sanders claims drug companies spent $131 million to defeat a California drug-pricing ballot measure and that the top 10 drug companies made $69 billion in profit the prior year.

“Over the last 30 years, the top 1% has seen a $21 trillion increase in their wealth. The bottom half of America has seen a $900 billion decline in their wealth.”

Sanders claims that over the last 30 years the top 1% gained $21 trillion in wealth while the bottom half of Americans lost $900 billion.