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Michael Bloomberg

This society cannot go forward, the way we have been going forward, where the gap between the rich and the poor keeps growing. It's not politically viable it's not morally right it's just not going to happen.

Michael Bloomberg

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Michael Bloomberg is saying that continuing with increasing inequality between wealthy and poor people is unsustainable for society. He believes such a situation is unacceptable both from a fairness perspective and in terms of what people will tolerate politically.

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