United States (US) Senator for Vermont, Bernie Sanders, said: “Billionaires in the U.S. are .0005% of the population, yet accounted for 18% of 2024 electoral spending.
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US Senator for Vermont, Bernie Sanders. Photo: Getty Images |
“Just 150 billionaire families spent nearly $2 billion.
This is not democracy. It is oligarchy.
Time to overturn Citizens United and move to public funding of elections.”