claim: "today the walton family of walmart own more wealth than the bottom 40 percent of america."
author: bernie sanders
evidence_1: jul 31, 2012 ... the waltons, of course, are members of the proverbial 1 percent. but are they  really sitting on ... "today the walton family of walmart own more wealth than the  bottom 40 percent of america." — bernie sanders on sunday, ...
evidence_2: jul 17, 2012 ... the six heirs to the walmart fortune are worth as much as nearly half of all  american households. the walton family was worth $89.5 billion in ...
evidence_3: mar 14, 2016 ... "today in america one family, the walton family of walmart. ... this one family  owns more wealth than the bottom 40 percent of the american ...
evidence_4: dec 14, 2011 ... six waltons have more wealth than the bottom 30% of americans ... in 2007,  according to the labor economist sylvia allegretto, the six walton family members  on the forbes 400 had a net worth equal to the bottom 30 percent of all  americans. and given ... the world's youngest billionaires: 29 under 40.
evidence_5: jul 31, 2012 ... ... 2012: "today the walton family of walmart own more wealth than the bottom  40 percent of america." sanders speaks and writes frequently ...