Billionaire Class Quotes

This is what oligarchy looks like: Today, the top one-tenth of 1 percent owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent. The top one-hundredth of 1 percent makes more than 40 percent of all campaign contributions. The billionaire class owns the political system and reaps the benefits from it.

Are we prepared to take on the enormous political power of the billionaire class or do we continue to slide into economic and political oligarchy?

We're going to stand with working people. We're going to take on the billionaire class. We're going the take on the drug companies and the insurance companies. We're going the take on Wall Street. That's where I think the future of the Democratic Party lies.

We have to say to the billionaire class, enough is enough. You cannot have it all. You are going to pay more in taxes.

I think we need to take on the greed of the billionaire class, a disastrous campaign finance system.

The combined Gross Domestic Product of forty-eight countries is less than the wealth of the three richest people in the world. Fifteen billionaires have assets greater than the total national income of Africa, south of the Sahara. Thirty-two people own more than the annual income of everyone who lives in South Asia.

American families cannot compete with billionaires. Our involvement in government should not be dependent on our bank account balances

You cannot be a party which on one hand says we're in favor of working people, we're in favor of the needs of young people but we don't quite have the courage to take on Wall Street and the billionaire class. People do not believe that. You've got to decide which side you're on.

The annual 'Forbes' Billionaires List speaks volumes about the movement and concentration of wealth across industries and geographies.

If we're going to be successful in taking on the billionaire class, we need a strong national grassroots movement.