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Bill Gates says the rich would be a lot poorer if he set taxes — but banning billionaires isn’t on his agenda

Sen. Bernie Sanders wants to increase the federal minimum wage.

The Vermont senator said it wasn’t acceptable to him that a tiny elite wields such vast wealth and power.

“I have real concerns about what I would call uber-capitalism, and that is that incredible concentration of wealth and power in the hands of the few, and what it means to our whole society,” he said.

In contrast, “Shark Tank” star Mark Cuban said in the episode that billionaires show the American Dream is alive and well, and it’s patriotic to get “filthy, stinkin’ rich” then pay big taxes.

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