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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/06/28/fact-checking-first-…

Bernie Sandersin väite on siis seuraava:

"Three people in this country own more wealth than the bottom half of America"

Washington Postin faktantarkistajat toteavat näin:

"This snappy talking point is based on numbers that add up, but it’s also a question of comparing apples to oranges. Sanders is drawing on a 2017 report from the left-leaning Institute for Policy Studies, which said that three billionaires — Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos (who owns The Washington Post) and Warren Buffett — had total wealth of $248.5 billion, compared to $245 billion for the bottom 160 million of the United States. The wealth of the three men has gone up even more since then.

But people in the bottom half have essentially no wealth, as debts cancel out whatever assets they might have. So the comparison is not especially meaningful."