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>> NARRATOR: They're the
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wealthiest people in the world.
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>> ROBERT FRANK: They've got
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private jets, they've got
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private communities.
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They've got private islands.
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>> NARRATOR: And with so much
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money comes incredible power...
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>> ALEX JONES: They're going to
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cut resources off from the
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unwashed masses to protect the
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planet.
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>> NARRATOR: ...and exclusive
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access into the most secret
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circles.
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>> ROBERT REICH: It's all in
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secret, and therefore, anything
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goes.
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>> NARRATOR: But just how much
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influence does this elite group
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really have on America?
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And what is their ultimate plan?
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>> LUISA KROLL: They control
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much of our media.
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They have influence over our
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political system.
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>> MARK ZAID: The question
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always comes down to, are
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billionaires controlling the
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U.S. Government?
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>> NARRATOR: There are those
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who believe in the existence
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of a book.
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A book that contains the most
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highly guarded secrets of the
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United States of America.
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A book... whose very existence
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is known to only a select few.
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But if such a book exists,
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what would it contain?
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Secret fortunes?
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Secret strategies?
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Secret alliances?
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Does there really exist
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America's Book of Secrets?
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March 2014.
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Forbes magazine publishes their
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annual list of the world's
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billionaires.
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It includes...
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492 Americans-- more than
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any other nation-- followed
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by China with 152 and Russia
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with 111.
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Topping the list of the United
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States' richest?
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Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates,
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worth 76 billion.
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Berkshire Hathaway's Warren
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Buffet, worth 58 billion.
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And Oracle cofounder Larry
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Ellison with 48 billion.
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>> ROBERT REICH: America's very
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rich, and I'm talking about the
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one tenth of one percent at the
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top of the income and wealth
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spectrum.
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They are richer than they have
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ever been in American history,
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and certainly, by some measures,
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richer than the richest have
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ever been in history period.
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>> LUISA KROLL: The 400 richest
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Americans are worth a total of
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two trillion dollars.
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That's roughly five billion a
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piece.
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The wealthiest Americans are
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getting richer and richer.
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>> NARRATOR: In 2014, American
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billionaires added nearly half
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a trillion dollars to their
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fortunes.
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Bill Gates alone gained nine
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billion dollars.
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That's nearly $25 million per
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day, or more than $17,000 a
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minute.
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>> RALPH NADER: The top 400
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richest people in America have
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more wealth than the bottom 95%
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of the American people.
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The CEO of Wal-Mart, Mike Duke,
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makes $11,000 an hour.
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He's got workers making eight
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dollars an hour.
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Before he goes to lunch, he's
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made more than any one of one
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million Wal-Mart workers working
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an entire year.
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>> NARRATOR: The Walton family
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controls the Wal-Mart
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Corporation, the world's largest
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retailer.
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Christy Walton, the widow of a
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son of Wal-Mart's founder Sam
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Walton, is the richest woman in
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America with $36.7 billion.
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And media mogul Oprah Winfrey
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has built an empire worth $2.9
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billion, making her the
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country's only African-American
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billionaire.
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So just how rich does that make
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these women?
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>> JOHN RANSOM: A billion
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dollars is a thousand million
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dollars.
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If you spent $10,000 a day, it
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would take you over 300 years to
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spend the entire sum.
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>> ERICH "MANCOW" MULLER: A
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billion dollars.
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Can you imagine?
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I can't wrap my mind around it.
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And the only people they can
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relate to is another
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billionaire.
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So they get together, and their
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agenda is more money and more
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power.
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>> NARRATOR: Billionaire
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brothers Charles and David Koch
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own the second largest
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privately-held company, Koch
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Industries.
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Their conglomerate, which
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includes petroleum and chemical
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companies, rakes in nearly $110
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billion each year.
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The fossil fuel dynamos also own
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Georgia Pacific, one of the
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world's leading manufacturers of
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paper products.
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And who is the youngest
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self-made billionaire in the
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country?
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Mark Zuckerberg, the co-founder
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of Facebook, and worth over $28
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billion, is just 29 years old.
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>> KROLL: It's important to be
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tracking America's richest
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people because of their control
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over so much of the U.S.
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economy, and also, so much of
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our culture.
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They own our sports teams.
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They control much of our media.
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They have influence over our
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political system.
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>> NARRATOR: But not all
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billionaires are so well known.
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Some have kept their fortunes
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secret, staying almost
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completely out of the limelight.
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Richard B. Cohen, the sole owner
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of C&S Wholesale Grocers,
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distributes products to more
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than 4,000 supermarkets across
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the country.
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Although he has amassed more
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than $11 billion, his own
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hometown of Keene, New Hampshire
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was unaware for years, since he
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lives quietly in a mere
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million-dollar home.
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>> KROLL: The more private a
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billionaire is, the less
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ostentatious they'll be with
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their spending, most likely.
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That said, a lot of these
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billionaires have multiple
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homes.
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According to a survey that
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Forbes did, the majority owned
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five or more homes.
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So, a billion dollars means that
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you can afford not just a
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ten-million-dollar home, but
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multiple ten-million-dollar
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homes.
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>> NARRATOR: But how far do the
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wealthy go to make and maintain
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their fortunes?
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Might they just know how to take
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advantage of the system?
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And is there really a
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billionaire agenda?
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October 15, 2013.
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New York City.
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After a seven-year-long battle,
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developers reach an agreement to
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build two luxury towers on 57t
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Street in Manhattan.
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Dubbed "Billionaires' Row," the
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buildings' penthouses are priced
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at more than $90 million each,
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and will be some of the tallest
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residences in the city--
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literally putting billionaires
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on a higher level than everyone
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else.
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But could there be a secret
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reason why billionaires flock to
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such gilded fortresses?
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>> KEN SIEGEL: Certain
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billionaires live with
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tremendous anxiety and fear that
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their bubble could burst.
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And that bubble, therefore,
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needs to be well protected and
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well controlled.
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>> KROLL: I think you start to
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see, increasingly, with these
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very wealthy are pockets of
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places where they all like to go
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together.
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It kind of started with this
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building called One57, where a
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number of billionaires bought
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these insanely expensive
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apartments.
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And they build these communities
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where just the very elite can
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afford to be there and spend
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time together.
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>> NADER: When you get that
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rich, and you live in gated
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communities or, you know, big
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villas, you have your private
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jet.
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You don't have to stand in line
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at the airports.
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Everything is done for you.
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All the services come to you.
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You don't have to go to the
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services.
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>> ROBERT FRANK: Billionaires
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have people that they pay to buy
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their grocers, take care of
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their kids, pay their bills, fix
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their houses, do their dishes.
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They kind of live in their own
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universe that's removed from the
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rest of us.
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So they're not grounded in the
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economic realities that most of
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us are.
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>> NARRATOR: In 2013, Mark
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Zuckerberg bought four of his
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neighbors' homes, for a whopping
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$30 million, simply to ensure
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privacy.
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>> REICH: Being rich in America
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today essentially means you
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don't have to come across
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anybody who is not rich.
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You are in a sanitized bubble
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that is designed and maintained
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for rich peopl
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>> KROLL: These people really
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embody the American dream.
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And increasingly, in recent
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years, the distance between the
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rest of us and them has only
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grown, as has their control of
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so much of the U.S. economy.
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>> NARRATOR: But perhaps the
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most surprising commonality
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amongst the nation's
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billionaires is that most did
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not inherit their wealth.
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In fact, nearly 70% of this
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elite group built their own
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businesses from the ground up,
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many even coming from
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underprivileged families.
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>> FRANK: Almost all the
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billionaires in America today
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are self-made.
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Very few, maybe 10% or 15%,
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inherited their money.
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So there's a core belief in
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promoting opportunity and the
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free market system.
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>> REICH: The biggest secret
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about America's billionaires is
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that, despite what they say,
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they got there because either
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they had the right parents or
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they had the right luck or they
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cornered a market or they had
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insider information that enabled
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them to generate massive
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fortunes.
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>> NARRATOR: So what is the
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secret to their success?
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Just how have the top of the one
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percent made their billions?
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Could there be something
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inherent driving billionaires to
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such extreme levels of wealth?
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>> NARRATOR: June, 2010.
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Billionaires Warren Buffett and
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Bill and Melinda Gates announce
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The Giving Pledge.
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Its mission: convincing
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billionaires to give
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at least half of their money to
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charity-- either during their
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lifetime or at the time of their
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death.
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>> RANSOM: The Giving Pledge is
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a pledge made up by about 122
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billionaires who have decided
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that they're gonna give a
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substantial-- if not the lion's
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share portion-- of their money
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to various foundations that will
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be involved in feeding the poor,
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improving education, clean water
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in Africa, things like that.
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>> BILL GATES: When you're
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lucky enough to have a... a
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great success, you know, then
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you have a question-- are you
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going to choose to spend it on
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yourself?
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Or do you want to give it back
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to society?
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>> SIEGEL: Bill Gates has had,
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in many ways, a phenomenally,
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phenomenally advantageous
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upbringing that has allowed him
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to do the great things he has
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done.
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His motivation to be
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philanthropic is more
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responsibility-based.
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Someone who has grown up in
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poverty, as many billionaires
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have-- Larry Ellison began life
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in Chicago in a very, very poor
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place-- that oftentimes is what
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induces people to feel a little
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bit guilt... a little bit of
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guilt about the need to pay
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back.
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>> NARRATOR: Do billionaires
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donate so much of their money
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because they feel guilty about
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their fortune?
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Or could there be another reason
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hidden in the way they think?
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>> PALAST: Billionaires are
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different from us.
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They're not just "us, but with
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more money."
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They think that they deserve to
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rule the planet.
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They think that without them,
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the planet wouldn't turn on its
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axis.
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>> SIEGEL: Billionaires really
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do see the world as a proving
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ground, as opposed to
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millionaires, let's say, who see
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the world as a playground.
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And what that really means is
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billionaires really want to
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leave their mark.
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>> NARRATOR: But do billionaires
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actually think differently about
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the world than the rest of us?
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And might that way of thinking
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contribute to their great
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fortunes?
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Some experts believe the answer
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is yes, and claim many
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billionaires have what some
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commonly refer to as
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a God complex.
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In 1995, billionaire investor
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George Soros even admitted it to
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the New Yorker magazine.
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>> MULLER: George Soros is worth
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more than many small countries.
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Our new God is money.
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So of course George Soros thinks
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of himself as a messiah.
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>> SIEGEL: Certain billionaires
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have this grandiose sense of
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"I am a godlike figure put here
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to do great things."
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They see themselves as having
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some responsibility to change
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the world.
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>> NARRATOR: Soros' net worth
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tops $23 billion.
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The once-impoverished student
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built his bank account through
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clever manipulations of
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financial markets.
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>> PALAST: Billionaires like
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George Soros believe that
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they're going to lead us to the
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deregulated free market future,
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with low taxes.
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They believe-- even when they're
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stealing with both fists-- that
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they're doing God's work.
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>> RIVERO: There are a lot of
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very scary billionaires out
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there, because after a while,
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they seem to feel their great
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wealth endows them with superior
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wisdom and foresight and the
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right to start meddling with
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other people's lives.
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But when you're out there saying
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"I am doing God's work," all
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restraint is gone.
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And I think that's dangerous.
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>> NARRATOR: Do billionaires
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think they know better than the
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majority?
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That the American masses are
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just objects to control?
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And is there really a secret
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motivation behind their charity
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work?
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>> SIEGEL: The fastest way, and
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really the most effective way,
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for billionaires to change the
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world is through philanthropy.
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Because philanthropy involves
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investing a large amount of
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money in a cause that they feel
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is important.
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>> NARRATOR: In 1979, George
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Soros created the Open Society
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Foundations, an operation aimed
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at social reform.
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Since its inception, Soros has
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given away more than $7 billion
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to various causes.
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Oprah Winfrey has used her
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fortune to promote education,
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funding a $40 million Leadership
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Academy for Girls in South
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Africa.
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And the Bill and Melinda Gates
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Foundation has bestowed more
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than $28 billion in grants.
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>> RANSOM: Bill Gates has
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gotten very involved in
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education, to the extent that
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one of the things that the Bill
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and Melinda Gates Foundation is
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supporting is data tracking on
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children.
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As a matter of fact, the
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foundation has already funded
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bracelets that go on children's
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arms that track their mood.
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They want to be able to
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individually track every child
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through school.
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When you explain to parents
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what's going on when it comes to
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data tracking, they get very
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uncomfortable that the
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government has this kind of
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information that they can freely
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share amongst the... amongst all
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of the government agencies.
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>> NARRATOR: Could a profound
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sense of responsibility really
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motivate billionaires to give
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back to charity?
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Or is philanthropy a way for the
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wealthy to exercise their power
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over the people?
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>> REICH: No matter how much
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money billionaires give away,
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the fundamental problems that
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gigantic fortunes being misused
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politically and distorting our
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economy remains.
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>> NARRATOR: Why do some
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billionaires donate so much of
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their money?
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Is it perhaps a covert method
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used to manipulate the American
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agenda?
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And do the affluent really know
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what's best for Americans?
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Or are their philanthropic, and
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even political, actions only
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separating them even further
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from the masses?
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>> NARRATOR: In a five-to-four
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vote, the Supreme Court decides
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the government cannot limit the
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amount of money donors can give
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to political candidates,
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committees and parties.
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The shocking declaration gives
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America's ultrarich free reign
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to spend their billions on
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campaign contributions.
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>> FRANK: Billionaires can exert
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more influence over our public
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life than ever before.
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That's because they have
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unlimited ability now to fund
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political causes and to fund
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their agendas.
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>> ALEX SEITZ-WALD: This is just
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one part of a much bigger plan
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to fundamentally change the
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system to benefit people like
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themselves and their friends and
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their shadow money network.
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>> NARRATOR: The ruling expanded
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a 2010 decision known as
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Citizens United that paved the
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way for independent
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expenditure-only committees, or
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Super PACs, enabling
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billionaires to contribute as
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much money as they want to
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political candidates without
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being exposed to the public.
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>> ZAID: The Citizens United
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decision by the Supreme Court
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pulled away any type of
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prohibition of companies
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donating money to political
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campaigns.
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And the question always comes
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down to the balance and the
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oversight.
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Are billionaires controlling the
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U.S. Government?
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>> REICH: It's all dark money.
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We have no idea which
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billionaires are actually
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putting their fortunes into our
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politics and ultimately
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corrupting our politics.
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Wealthy individuals can now say
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they're doing one thing and
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actually put their money behind
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a completely contrary politician
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or cause.
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There is no disclosure.
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It's all in secret, and
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therefore basically anything
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goes.
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>> BILL KRISTOL: If people have
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a lot of money, they can find
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ways to conceal, to some degree,
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the expenditures of that money.
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And if you set up one law that
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says you have to disclose this,
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they'll find ways to give money
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to other groups.
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>> NARRATOR: Have politics
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become a rich man's game?
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Are massive donations to
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political candidates another way
583
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for billionaires to exert their
584
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intrinsic need to control
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society?
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>> SIEGEL: Billionaires do try
587
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to influence the political
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process and the political system
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because that enables them to
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affect the laws that get passed.
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But that's a crapshoot because
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you ultimately are at the whim
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of the voters.
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>> DICE: Billionaires create
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front groups and lobbyists, and
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they create social outreach
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programs.
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The amount of money that these
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people have, they can shape
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society.
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>> REICH: There's absolutely no
602
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question that some of these
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billionaires, uh, have selfish
604
00:20:30,463 --> 00:20:33,733
interests for getting as deeply
605
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as they do into politics.
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It's not just, uh, their
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ideology.
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They are businesspeople.
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They want regulations cut.
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They don't want their special,
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uh, tax loopholes in any way
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reduced.
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>> NARRATOR: According to
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reports, billionaire
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conservatives David and Charles
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Koch have contributed nearly
617
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$200 million to free market
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organizations as well as groups
619
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lobbying against the Affordable
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00:21:03,630 --> 00:21:06,030
Care Act.
621
00:21:06,032 --> 00:21:08,302
Liberal George Soros spent
622
00:21:08,301 --> 00:21:10,641
millions trying to defeat
623
00:21:10,637 --> 00:21:12,967
President Bush in 2004 and
624
00:21:12,972 --> 00:21:15,442
continues a crusade to legalize
625
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marijuana.
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Could wealth inequality lead to
627
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the destruction of democracy?
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Or is it just a zero-sum billion
629
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dollar game?
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>> FRANK: In a way, you know,
631
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it's billionaire versus
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billionaire.
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And not one single group or
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agenda of billionaires has
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really "won" in America.
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It's kind of like a cold war
637
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among billionaires.
638
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It's mutually assured
639
00:21:43,736 --> 00:21:45,736
destruction by money.
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>> SEITZ-WALD: There are all
641
00:21:47,006 --> 00:21:48,706
kinds of secretive ways that
642
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people will never know anything
643
00:21:49,942 --> 00:21:51,742
about-- small pieces of the tax
644
00:21:51,744 --> 00:21:53,814
code, small pieces of trade
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00:21:53,813 --> 00:21:56,823
regulations, myriad of tiny
646
00:21:56,816 --> 00:21:58,546
things that don't mean much to
647
00:21:58,551 --> 00:21:59,851
most Americans but are worth
648
00:21:59,852 --> 00:22:01,022
millions to individuals that
649
00:22:01,020 --> 00:22:02,460
billionaires can influence
650
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through their money and power.
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>> RANSOM: The most important
652
00:22:05,758 --> 00:22:07,088
secretive way that they
653
00:22:07,093 --> 00:22:09,703
influence the agenda is by the
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access that money gives them to
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people in power.
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Their ability to sit down with
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somebody like a Barack Obama or
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a Paul Ryan and whisper in their
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ear, "This is one of the things
660
00:22:22,041 --> 00:22:23,781
I'd like to see happen," is
661
00:22:23,776 --> 00:22:25,376
very, very powerful, and it
662
00:22:25,378 --> 00:22:27,048
happens every single day in
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00:22:27,046 --> 00:22:30,046
Washington D.C.
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>> NARRATOR: So just how much
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00:22:31,718 --> 00:22:33,788
money are billionaires handing
666
00:22:33,786 --> 00:22:35,716
out behind closed doors in an
667
00:22:35,722 --> 00:22:37,792
attempt to influence American
668
00:22:37,790 --> 00:22:41,730
politics?
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In 2012, $7 billion was spent on
670
00:22:45,598 --> 00:22:47,768
the presidential election.
671
00:22:47,767 --> 00:22:51,597
Gambling tycoon Sheldon Adelson,
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00:22:51,604 --> 00:22:53,944
owner of Las Vegas casinos,
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donated an unprecedented $100
674
00:22:56,643 --> 00:22:59,813
million.
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$30 million of it went to
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Republican candidate Mitt
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00:23:02,749 --> 00:23:05,079
Romney.
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00:23:05,084 --> 00:23:06,494
But are candidates free to
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00:23:06,486 --> 00:23:07,646
disagree with their highest
680
00:23:07,654 --> 00:23:09,764
donors?
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Or are they beholden to them?
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>> RANSOM: Warren Buffett's
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00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:15,760
company, Union Pacific Railroad,
684
00:23:15,762 --> 00:23:17,762
has benefited more than any
685
00:23:17,764 --> 00:23:19,974
other company by the inaction
686
00:23:19,966 --> 00:23:21,826
from the Obama administration
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00:23:21,834 --> 00:23:23,574
approving the Keystone Pipeline,
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00:23:23,570 --> 00:23:25,770
because his railroad carries the
689
00:23:25,772 --> 00:23:28,582
oil that's now going from Canada
690
00:23:28,575 --> 00:23:31,935
down to the Gulf of Mexico.
691
00:23:31,944 --> 00:23:33,114
>> NARRATOR: Do wealthy donors
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00:23:33,112 --> 00:23:35,652
set the political agenda,
693
00:23:35,648 --> 00:23:37,548
perhaps even influencing
694
00:23:37,550 --> 00:23:39,650
candidates?
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00:23:39,652 --> 00:23:41,852
And are billionaires only acting
696
00:23:41,854 --> 00:23:44,464
independently?
697
00:23:44,457 --> 00:23:46,787
Or could they be quietly meeting
698
00:23:46,793 --> 00:23:50,703
in secret with other like minds
699
00:23:50,697 --> 00:23:52,797
in an effort to further their
700
00:23:52,799 --> 00:23:54,729
common goals?
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>> NARRATOR: Vail, Colorado.
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00:24:10,082 --> 00:24:12,492
Charles and David Koch hold
703
00:24:12,485 --> 00:24:14,245
their biannual summit at the
704
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Ritz-Carlton Bachelor Gulch.
705
00:24:17,490 --> 00:24:20,130
Isolated in an exclusive enclave
706
00:24:20,126 --> 00:24:22,696
on Beaver Creek Mountain, the
707
00:24:22,695 --> 00:24:25,695
fundraising seminar is one of
708
00:24:25,698 --> 00:24:27,128
the most secret meetings of the
709
00:24:27,133 --> 00:24:30,043
wealthy, where 300 handpicked
710
00:24:30,036 --> 00:24:33,006
attendees come together to
711
00:24:33,005 --> 00:24:34,905
strategize away from prying
712
00:24:34,907 --> 00:24:37,037
eyes.
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00:24:37,043 --> 00:24:38,243
>> SEITZ-WALD: After the 2011
714
00:24:38,244 --> 00:24:40,514
summit in Vail, we learned that
715
00:24:40,513 --> 00:24:42,183
major Wall Street titans like
716
00:24:42,181 --> 00:24:43,921
Charles Schwab are present and
717
00:24:43,916 --> 00:24:45,016
give lots of money and that one
718
00:24:45,017 --> 00:24:47,187
of the senior Koch executives,
719
00:24:47,186 --> 00:24:48,756
in his sales pitch for why they
720
00:24:48,755 --> 00:24:50,255
should donate to them as opposed
721
00:24:50,256 --> 00:24:52,186
to any other conservative group,
722
00:24:52,191 --> 00:24:53,891
was that "we can guarantee
723
00:24:53,893 --> 00:24:55,193
anonymity."
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00:24:55,194 --> 00:24:56,734
>> PALAST: Chris Christie went
725
00:24:56,729 --> 00:24:57,929
to this meeting without putting
726
00:24:57,930 --> 00:24:59,200
it on his agenda.
727
00:24:59,198 --> 00:25:00,198
His appearance was completely
728
00:25:00,199 --> 00:25:01,299
secret.
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00:25:01,300 --> 00:25:02,540
No one in New Jersey knew that
730
00:25:02,535 --> 00:25:05,735
he appeared before the Kochs and
731
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their little billionaire confab.
732
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>> NARRATOR: More and more,
733
00:25:10,743 --> 00:25:12,813
like-minded billionaires,
734
00:25:12,812 --> 00:25:15,082
regardless of politics, have
735
00:25:15,081 --> 00:25:17,321
banded together to promote their
736
00:25:17,316 --> 00:25:19,216
common interests.
737
00:25:19,218 --> 00:25:21,748
The question is, are their
738
00:25:21,754 --> 00:25:25,694
ideals really that different?
739
00:25:30,897 --> 00:25:32,567
New York City.
740
00:25:32,565 --> 00:25:34,095
A group of wealthy
741
00:25:34,100 --> 00:25:36,240
philanthropists including Bill
742
00:25:36,235 --> 00:25:38,835
Gates, Warren Buffett, David
743
00:25:38,838 --> 00:25:41,108
Rockefeller Jr., Michael
744
00:25:41,107 --> 00:25:44,237
Bloomberg and Oprah Winfrey meet
745
00:25:44,243 --> 00:25:46,913
confidentially on the secluded
746
00:25:46,913 --> 00:25:48,783
campus of Rockefeller
747
00:25:48,781 --> 00:25:51,351
University.
748
00:25:51,350 --> 00:25:53,790
Dubbed the "Good Club," the
749
00:25:53,786 --> 00:25:55,916
powerful billionaires plan to
750
00:25:55,922 --> 00:25:57,862
join forces in order to save the
751
00:25:57,857 --> 00:25:59,857
world.
752
00:25:59,859 --> 00:26:01,689
So what's the first thing on
753
00:26:01,694 --> 00:26:03,804
their agenda?
754
00:26:03,796 --> 00:26:04,996
Finding a way to shrink the
755
00:26:04,997 --> 00:26:07,727
world's population.
756
00:26:08,801 --> 00:26:09,801
>> RIVERO: I find it very
757
00:26:09,802 --> 00:26:11,272
alarming that, with their
758
00:26:11,270 --> 00:26:12,810
fortunes, they are, all of a
759
00:26:12,805 --> 00:26:14,235
sudden, deciding they now have
760
00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:15,710
the right to tell other people
761
00:26:15,708 --> 00:26:16,978
whether they should or should
762
00:26:16,976 --> 00:26:18,976
not have children.
763
00:26:18,978 --> 00:26:20,808
>> JONES: Why is population
764
00:26:20,813 --> 00:26:23,153
control the elite's number one
765
00:26:23,149 --> 00:26:24,379
agenda?
766
00:26:24,383 --> 00:26:25,623
Because they've already
767
00:26:25,618 --> 00:26:27,288
dominated the globe through
768
00:26:27,286 --> 00:26:28,616
their corporate and governmental
769
00:26:28,621 --> 00:26:29,961
actions, and they really see it
770
00:26:29,956 --> 00:26:32,156
as their possession, something
771
00:26:32,158 --> 00:26:33,288
they own or something that
772
00:26:33,292 --> 00:26:34,892
they're guardians of.
773
00:26:34,894 --> 00:26:37,634
They're going to cut resources
774
00:26:37,630 --> 00:26:39,830
off from the unwashed masses to
775
00:26:39,832 --> 00:26:42,302
protect the planet.
776
00:26:42,301 --> 00:26:44,101
>> NARRATOR: But is the
777
00:26:44,103 --> 00:26:46,643
highly-secretive meeting really
778
00:26:46,639 --> 00:26:49,279
what it seems?
779
00:26:49,275 --> 00:26:52,405
Or could they be hiding another,
780
00:26:52,411 --> 00:26:56,121
even more profound, agenda?
781
00:27:01,854 --> 00:27:04,264
Watford, England.
782
00:27:04,256 --> 00:27:07,256
Between 120 and 150 of the
783
00:27:07,259 --> 00:27:09,029
world's most powerful
784
00:27:09,028 --> 00:27:11,158
billionaires, politicians and
785
00:27:11,163 --> 00:27:14,873
royals meet at the luxury Grove
786
00:27:14,867 --> 00:27:18,737
Hotel for three days to discuss
787
00:27:18,738 --> 00:27:20,868
global issues and broker
788
00:27:20,873 --> 00:27:23,143
international deals.
789
00:27:23,142 --> 00:27:25,682
The annual, private conference,
790
00:27:25,678 --> 00:27:28,148
known as the Bilderberg Group,
791
00:27:28,147 --> 00:27:30,677
is the world's most secretive
792
00:27:30,683 --> 00:27:33,953
society of billionaires.
793
00:27:33,953 --> 00:27:36,463
Named for the Bilderberg Hotel
794
00:27:36,455 --> 00:27:37,885
in the Netherlands, where the
795
00:27:37,890 --> 00:27:40,890
first meeting was held in 1954,
796
00:27:40,893 --> 00:27:42,763
the alliance was created to
797
00:27:42,762 --> 00:27:44,902
foster cooperation between
798
00:27:44,897 --> 00:27:46,967
Europe and North America.
799
00:27:46,966 --> 00:27:48,366
>> DICE: The level of security
800
00:27:48,367 --> 00:27:50,237
at Bilderberg is like the level
801
00:27:50,236 --> 00:27:51,796
of security at the CIA.
802
00:27:51,804 --> 00:27:52,914
I mean, you're talking about
803
00:27:52,905 --> 00:27:56,105
private security firms,
804
00:27:56,108 --> 00:27:58,108
undercover officers, military
805
00:27:58,110 --> 00:27:59,910
intelligence, thermal imaging
806
00:27:59,912 --> 00:28:01,382
scanners.
807
00:28:01,380 --> 00:28:03,720
That's power.
808
00:28:03,716 --> 00:28:04,916
>> KRISTOL: I was once invited,
809
00:28:04,917 --> 00:28:06,117
actually, to speak at the
810
00:28:06,118 --> 00:28:07,948
Bilderberg Group, and it seemed
811
00:28:07,954 --> 00:28:09,494
to be a group of pretty wealthy
812
00:28:09,488 --> 00:28:11,118
people who sat around talking
813
00:28:11,123 --> 00:28:12,463
about world issues for a couple
814
00:28:12,458 --> 00:28:13,458
of days.
815
00:28:13,459 --> 00:28:14,989
They seemed sometimes to be as
816
00:28:14,994 --> 00:28:16,204
bewildered by what was going on
817
00:28:16,195 --> 00:28:17,355
in the world as everyone else
818
00:28:17,396 --> 00:28:19,396
is.
819
00:28:19,398 --> 00:28:20,828
>> NARRATOR: The guest list of
820
00:28:20,833 --> 00:28:22,943
the Bilderberg Group routinely
821
00:28:22,935 --> 00:28:24,995
includes both conservative and
822
00:28:25,004 --> 00:28:27,344
liberal power players.
823
00:28:27,339 --> 00:28:29,409
Influential men and women, like
824
00:28:29,408 --> 00:28:31,138
former United States Secretary
825
00:28:31,143 --> 00:28:33,153
of State, Henry Kissinger,
826
00:28:33,145 --> 00:28:35,005
chairman of Google, Eric
827
00:28:35,014 --> 00:28:37,424
Schmidt, PayPal cofounder Peter
828
00:28:37,416 --> 00:28:41,416
Thiel, and Amazon.com CEO, Jeff
829
00:28:41,420 --> 00:28:43,960
Bezos.
830
00:28:43,956 --> 00:28:45,016
>> JONES: The Bilderberg Group
831
00:28:45,024 --> 00:28:46,434
is really the top of the pyramid
832
00:28:46,425 --> 00:28:47,755
when it comes to secret
833
00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:49,160
corporate meetings.
834
00:28:49,161 --> 00:28:50,531
They get world leaders from all
835
00:28:50,529 --> 00:28:51,959
over the planet together, and
836
00:28:51,964 --> 00:28:53,174
then they try to lobby
837
00:28:53,165 --> 00:28:54,425
government officials that are
838
00:28:54,433 --> 00:28:56,243
there to go along with corporate
839
00:28:56,235 --> 00:28:59,535
policies that will enrich them,
840
00:28:59,538 --> 00:29:01,368
in many cases, at the expense of
841
00:29:01,373 --> 00:29:03,843
other companies, individuals,
842
00:29:03,843 --> 00:29:06,983
and national sovereignty.
843
00:29:06,979 --> 00:29:08,779
>> NARRATOR: Some believe this
844
00:29:08,781 --> 00:29:10,451
extremely covert group of
845
00:29:10,449 --> 00:29:12,519
leaders also has ties to the
846
00:29:12,518 --> 00:29:15,318
Illuminati, a secret society
847
00:29:15,321 --> 00:29:18,191
dating back to the 18th century,
848
00:29:18,190 --> 00:29:20,560
created to forge a New World
849
00:29:20,559 --> 00:29:23,999
Order in which the ultra wealthy
850
00:29:23,996 --> 00:29:25,866
conspire to dominate world
851
00:29:25,865 --> 00:29:27,325
events.
852
00:29:27,333 --> 00:29:29,073
>> Oprah! This way! Yeah!
853
00:29:29,068 --> 00:29:30,068
>> DICE: When you get to that
854
00:29:30,069 --> 00:29:32,039
level of a super-class, you're
855
00:29:32,038 --> 00:29:34,568
talking about a wealth that most
856
00:29:34,573 --> 00:29:36,213
people can't even fathom.
857
00:29:36,208 --> 00:29:38,008
You're talking about shaping
858
00:29:38,010 --> 00:29:40,450
nations, shaping societies,
859
00:29:40,446 --> 00:29:42,816
shaping entire economies.
860
00:29:42,815 --> 00:29:44,015
And they're doing that to
861
00:29:44,016 --> 00:29:45,316
maintain that wealth and to use
862
00:29:45,317 --> 00:29:47,347
that wealth to then forge the
863
00:29:47,353 --> 00:29:48,423
kind of New World Order that
864
00:29:48,420 --> 00:29:50,560
they have envisioned.
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>> JONES: Most of the wealthy
866
00:29:51,924 --> 00:29:53,564
people in this country who've
867
00:29:53,559 --> 00:29:55,559
achieved that highest level of
868
00:29:55,561 --> 00:29:59,031
success were chosen by an inside
869
00:29:59,031 --> 00:30:01,371
track of elites to be promoted
870
00:30:01,367 --> 00:30:02,497
to the positions they're in
871
00:30:02,501 --> 00:30:04,501
today because they could be
872
00:30:04,503 --> 00:30:07,243
trusted to continue to carry out
873
00:30:07,239 --> 00:30:09,339
the Illuminati's agenda.
874
00:30:09,341 --> 00:30:11,041
That is the ultimate secret of
875
00:30:11,043 --> 00:30:13,583
the inside billionaire elite.
876
00:30:15,047 --> 00:30:16,447
>> NARRATOR: Are the super-rich
877
00:30:16,448 --> 00:30:18,848
really working together toward a
878
00:30:18,851 --> 00:30:22,251
unified, one-world agenda?
879
00:30:22,254 --> 00:30:24,264
One that threatens to make them
880
00:30:24,256 --> 00:30:27,256
even more rich and powerful?
881
00:30:27,259 --> 00:30:30,599
And, if so, can anyone stop
882
00:30:30,596 --> 00:30:31,596
them?
883
00:30:31,597 --> 00:30:33,827
(chanting)
884
00:30:47,346 --> 00:30:48,376
>> NARRATOR: Zuccotti Park,
885
00:30:48,380 --> 00:30:50,050
New York.
886
00:30:50,049 --> 00:30:51,519
Hundreds gather to protest
887
00:30:51,517 --> 00:30:53,117
against the one percent of
888
00:30:53,119 --> 00:30:55,519
Americans who own 40% of its
889
00:30:55,521 --> 00:30:57,361
wealth.
890
00:30:57,356 --> 00:30:59,486
The movement becomes known as
891
00:30:59,491 --> 00:31:01,661
"Occupy Wall Street," and
892
00:31:01,660 --> 00:31:03,460
appears to catch fire across the
893
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nation.
894
00:31:05,531 --> 00:31:06,971
>> PALAST: Occupy Wall Street
895
00:31:06,966 --> 00:31:08,196
started out with just a few
896
00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:09,270
Canadians who said, we're gonna
897
00:31:09,268 --> 00:31:11,468
sit down at a park in Wall
898
00:31:11,470 --> 00:31:13,410
Street, and it became an
899
00:31:13,405 --> 00:31:15,135
international phenomena.
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00:31:15,141 --> 00:31:17,541
And they had a simple message--
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00:31:17,543 --> 00:31:19,413
the rich are getting rich at
902
00:31:19,411 --> 00:31:22,381
our expense.
903
00:31:24,150 --> 00:31:26,290
>> We are the 99 percent!
904
00:31:26,285 --> 00:31:27,485
>> RANSOM: The Occupy Wa
905
00:31:27,486 --> 00:31:29,516
Street Movement talks about
906
00:31:29,521 --> 00:31:31,221
redistributing property
907
00:31:31,223 --> 00:31:33,093
throughout the world so that
908
00:31:33,092 --> 00:31:34,562
everybody has, what they call, a
909
00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:37,560
fair share of education, a fair
910
00:31:37,563 --> 00:31:38,563
share of housing, a fair share
911
00:31:38,564 --> 00:31:40,634
of banking, their fair share of
912
00:31:40,632 --> 00:31:41,702
retirement, or what we would
913
00:31:41,700 --> 00:31:44,300
think of as the American Dream.
914
00:31:44,303 --> 00:31:45,973
>> FRANK: That gap between the
915
00:31:45,972 --> 00:31:47,272
super-rich and the rest of
916
00:31:47,273 --> 00:31:49,313
America is growing.
917
00:31:49,308 --> 00:31:51,238
In 1980, the average CEO was
918
00:31:51,243 --> 00:31:53,383
making around 42 times their
919
00:31:53,379 --> 00:31:55,179
average employee wage.
920
00:31:55,181 --> 00:31:57,681
Today, it's more than 350 times
921
00:31:57,683 --> 00:31:59,123
the wage of the average
922
00:31:59,118 --> 00:32:01,118
employee.
923
00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:02,120
>> KROLL: Most of the
924
00:32:02,121 --> 00:32:04,591
billionaires are alarmed by the
925
00:32:04,590 --> 00:32:06,730
income gap, but I think that the
926
00:32:06,725 --> 00:32:08,685
majority of them feel very
927
00:32:08,694 --> 00:32:10,404
strongly that they are part of
928
00:32:10,396 --> 00:32:12,026
the solution and not part of the
929
00:32:12,031 --> 00:32:13,401
problem.
930
00:32:13,399 --> 00:32:15,269
>> NARRATOR: But who was really
931
00:32:15,267 --> 00:32:18,397
behind Occupy Wall Street?
932
00:32:18,404 --> 00:32:20,344
Was it simply a spontaneous
933
00:32:20,339 --> 00:32:23,209
grassroots movement, or perhaps
934
00:32:23,209 --> 00:32:25,139
something more?
935
00:32:25,144 --> 00:32:27,454
There are some who believe one
936
00:32:27,446 --> 00:32:29,216
of the answers may have been
937
00:32:29,215 --> 00:32:31,615
revealed in a Craigslist ad,
938
00:32:31,617 --> 00:32:34,217
which actually offered to pay
939
00:32:34,220 --> 00:32:37,220
protestors to show up.
940
00:32:37,223 --> 00:32:38,493
>> SEITZ-WALD: If you have a lot
941
00:32:38,490 --> 00:32:39,490
of money, you can influence the
942
00:32:39,491 --> 00:32:41,361
political conversation in so
943
00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:42,560
many different ways.
944
00:32:42,561 --> 00:32:44,761
And a lot of that can be done
945
00:32:44,763 --> 00:32:45,763
without being traced back to
946
00:32:45,764 --> 00:32:46,774
you.
947
00:32:46,765 --> 00:32:48,495
It allows them to create a kind
948
00:32:48,500 --> 00:32:51,770
of faux grass roots appeal.
949
00:32:51,770 --> 00:32:53,210
It makes it look like an issue
950
00:32:53,205 --> 00:32:54,565
has a huge amount of public
951
00:32:54,573 --> 00:32:56,183
support when it really could be
952
00:32:56,175 --> 00:32:57,575
just a few people giving a ton
953
00:32:57,576 --> 00:32:59,506
of money.
954
00:33:00,579 --> 00:33:01,579
>> NARRATOR: But why would
955
00:33:01,580 --> 00:33:03,650
America's wealthiest individuals
956
00:33:03,649 --> 00:33:05,719
contribute to a movement that
957
00:33:05,717 --> 00:33:07,787
protests the very system that
958
00:33:07,786 --> 00:33:11,656
has made them rich?
959
00:33:11,657 --> 00:33:13,327
There are many who believe the
960
00:33:13,325 --> 00:33:15,485
answer can be found by examining
961
00:33:15,494 --> 00:33:17,534
one of the places in which the
962
00:33:17,529 --> 00:33:19,269
super-rich invest their
963
00:33:19,265 --> 00:33:22,665
billions-- the media.
964
00:33:24,536 --> 00:33:26,206
And that by controlling the
965
00:33:26,205 --> 00:33:28,805
conversation, they can control
966
00:33:28,807 --> 00:33:31,377
what the public knows... and
967
00:33:31,377 --> 00:33:34,407
thinks, even when it comes to
968
00:33:34,413 --> 00:33:37,353
the subject of income disparity.
969
00:33:38,417 --> 00:33:39,417
>> SEITZ-WALD: Billionaires can
970
00:33:39,418 --> 00:33:41,818
exert a subtle control over what
971
00:33:41,820 --> 00:33:43,520
issues get put on the national
972
00:33:43,522 --> 00:33:44,522
agenda.
973
00:33:44,523 --> 00:33:45,823
So they can chose the issues
974
00:33:45,824 --> 00:33:47,134
that they care about and make
975
00:33:47,126 --> 00:33:48,486
sure that they get talked about
976
00:33:48,494 --> 00:33:50,234
while others might not.
977
00:33:50,229 --> 00:33:51,359
>> KROLL: Many billionaires
978
00:33:51,363 --> 00:33:53,533
these days seem to be using at
979
00:33:53,532 --> 00:33:55,102
least part of their money to
980
00:33:55,101 --> 00:33:57,241
pick up media businesses.
981
00:33:57,236 --> 00:33:59,236
The Boston Red Sox owner, John
982
00:33:59,238 --> 00:34:01,208
Henry-- he picked up the Boston
983
00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:02,240
Globe.
984
00:34:02,241 --> 00:34:03,841
Pierre Omidyar, who was one of
985
00:34:03,842 --> 00:34:06,582
the eBay cofounders, basically
986
00:34:06,578 --> 00:34:08,578
starting his own media companies
987
00:34:08,580 --> 00:34:10,550
from scratch.
988
00:34:13,252 --> 00:34:15,722
>> NARRATOR: In August 2013,
989
00:34:15,721 --> 00:34:19,461
Amazon.com's founder, Jeff Bezos
990
00:34:19,458 --> 00:34:22,458
stunned the world by purchasing
991
00:34:22,461 --> 00:34:23,801
the financially-troubled
992
00:34:23,795 --> 00:34:25,795
Washington Post for $250
993
00:34:25,797 --> 00:34:27,727
million.
994
00:34:29,735 --> 00:34:31,465
The move caused some media
995
00:34:31,470 --> 00:34:33,870
watchers to ask: why would a
996
00:34:33,872 --> 00:34:36,282
savvy billionaire want to invest
997
00:34:36,275 --> 00:34:38,475
so much money in what many
998
00:34:38,477 --> 00:34:40,477
believed to be a dying media
999
00:34:40,479 --> 00:34:42,479
format?
1000
00:34:42,481 --> 00:34:44,481
>> RANSOM: Jeff Bezos wanted to
1001
00:34:44,483 --> 00:34:46,423
be able to control the political
1002
00:34:46,418 --> 00:34:47,718
agenda that's coming out of the
1003
00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:50,289
Washington Post, which is one
1004
00:34:50,289 --> 00:34:51,889
of the flagship political organs
1005
00:34:51,890 --> 00:34:54,460
here in the United States.
1006
00:34:54,460 --> 00:34:55,890
It does make sense to buy a
1007
00:34:55,894 --> 00:34:58,334
media outlet in order for them
1008
00:34:58,330 --> 00:35:00,630
to build their platform.
1009
00:35:00,632 --> 00:35:02,772
>> KROLL: Fox News is owned by
1010
00:35:02,768 --> 00:35:03,838
Rupert Murdock.
1011
00:35:03,835 --> 00:35:06,565
And he certainly has shaped it,
1012
00:35:06,572 --> 00:35:09,512
in some ways, after what he's
1013
00:35:09,508 --> 00:35:10,838
interested in.
1014
00:35:10,842 --> 00:35:12,382
And the same with Michael
1015
00:35:12,378 --> 00:35:14,508
Bloomberg and Bloomberg News.
1016
00:35:14,513 --> 00:35:16,623
I think it's naive, perhaps, to
1017
00:35:16,615 --> 00:35:18,645
think that we can have these
1018
00:35:18,650 --> 00:35:21,320
media businesses operating
1019
00:35:21,320 --> 00:35:22,350
without anybody influencing
1020
00:35:22,388 --> 00:35:24,388
them.
1021
00:35:24,390 --> 00:35:26,390
>> SIEGEL: What really, really
1022
00:35:26,392 --> 00:35:27,632
compels the billionaire to
1023
00:35:27,626 --> 00:35:28,786
continue doing what they're
1024
00:35:28,794 --> 00:35:30,664
doing is to have a broader and
1025
00:35:30,662 --> 00:35:33,402
broader impact on the world.
1026
00:35:33,399 --> 00:35:34,799
It's about changing the course
1027
00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:36,870
of destiny.
1028
00:35:36,868 --> 00:35:38,738
>> NARRATOR: Could billionaires
1029
00:35:38,737 --> 00:35:40,807
really be using the media to
1030
00:35:40,806 --> 00:35:43,536
influence what Americans read,
1031
00:35:43,542 --> 00:35:46,752
watch, buy and even what they
1032
00:35:46,745 --> 00:35:48,805
think?
1033
00:35:48,814 --> 00:35:51,824
And, if so, what is their final
1034
00:35:51,817 --> 00:35:53,547
goal?
1035
00:35:53,552 --> 00:35:56,392
Some fear the ultimate strategy
1036
00:35:56,388 --> 00:35:58,658
of America's richest citizens
1037
00:35:58,657 --> 00:36:01,957
may just be to eliminate the
1038
00:36:01,960 --> 00:36:04,360
United States Government
1039
00:36:04,363 --> 00:36:06,833
altogether.
1040
00:36:15,774 --> 00:36:16,784
>> NARRATOR: Truth or
1041
00:36:16,775 --> 00:36:20,345
Consequences, New Mexico.
1042
00:36:20,346 --> 00:36:22,806
180 miles south of Albuquerque
1043
00:36:22,814 --> 00:36:26,554
lies Spaceport America, the
1044
00:36:26,552 --> 00:36:29,762
world's first ever commercial
1045
00:36:29,755 --> 00:36:31,685
launchpad built to take
1046
00:36:31,690 --> 00:36:33,890
American citizens into outer
1047
00:36:33,892 --> 00:36:36,362
space.
1048
00:36:36,362 --> 00:36:39,502
The $209 million project will be
1049
00:36:39,498 --> 00:36:40,828
home to billionaire Richard
1050
00:36:40,832 --> 00:36:43,372
Branson's Virgin Galactic, a
1051
00:36:43,369 --> 00:36:46,369
rocket company that has already
1052
00:36:46,372 --> 00:36:48,842
sold more than 600 tickets,
1053
00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:51,340
even though it has yet to make
1054
00:36:51,377 --> 00:36:54,807
its first commercial launch.
1055
00:36:54,813 --> 00:36:56,853
>> FRANK: Every billionaire
1056
00:36:56,848 --> 00:36:58,448
wants to go to space right now.
1057
00:36:58,450 --> 00:37:00,450
And it's only $250,000 for a
1058
00:37:00,452 --> 00:37:02,722
ticket.
1059
00:37:02,721 --> 00:37:03,721
>> NARRATOR: Some believe the
1060
00:37:03,722 --> 00:37:05,392
reason billionaires are spending
1061
00:37:05,391 --> 00:37:06,731
so much on traveling to the
1062
00:37:06,725 --> 00:37:09,595
beyond has to do with their
1063
00:37:09,595 --> 00:37:12,995
innate need to be in command.
1064
00:37:12,998 --> 00:37:15,868
Even Jeff Bezos has created a
1065
00:37:15,867 --> 00:37:17,967
private aerospace company called
1066
00:37:17,969 --> 00:37:21,569
Blue Origin.
1067
00:37:21,573 --> 00:37:22,843
But some wealthy are spending
1068
00:37:22,841 --> 00:37:24,741
their riches on even more
1069
00:37:24,743 --> 00:37:26,953
extreme ventures.
1070
00:37:30,282 --> 00:37:32,022
August, 2011.
1071
00:37:34,286 --> 00:37:35,616
Billionaire and venture
1072
00:37:35,621 --> 00:37:38,561
capitalist Peter Thiel invests
1073
00:37:38,557 --> 00:37:40,487
more than a million dollars in
1074
00:37:40,492 --> 00:37:42,692
The Seasteading Institute, a
1075
00:37:42,694 --> 00:37:45,764
nonprofit organization
1076
00:37:45,764 --> 00:37:47,904
developing independent floating
1077
00:37:47,899 --> 00:37:50,639
cities in international waters
1078
00:37:50,636 --> 00:37:53,436
to experiment with new ideas for
1079
00:37:53,439 --> 00:37:55,969
government.
1080
00:37:55,974 --> 00:37:57,314
>> SEITZ-WALD: Peter Thiel, a
1081
00:37:57,309 --> 00:37:58,839
tech billionaire, is literally
1082
00:37:58,844 --> 00:38:00,884
trying to start his own country.
1083
00:38:00,879 --> 00:38:02,649
In fact, many countries.
1084
00:38:02,648 --> 00:38:03,918
He wants to create floating
1085
00:38:03,915 --> 00:38:05,745
island nations where
1086
00:38:05,751 --> 00:38:06,991
billionaires would go off and
1087
00:38:06,985 --> 00:38:08,515
live on their own in the utopian
1088
00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:10,890
libertarian existence outside of
1089
00:38:10,889 --> 00:38:12,459
the U.S. territorial waters
1090
00:38:12,458 --> 00:38:13,658
where the government can't tell
1091
00:38:13,659 --> 00:38:14,789
him what to do.
1092
00:38:14,793 --> 00:38:16,603
>> KROLL: The stated goal is
1093
00:38:16,595 --> 00:38:18,795
to... to create this world where
1094
00:38:18,797 --> 00:38:20,797
you wouldn't be affected by U.S.
1095
00:38:20,799 --> 00:38:24,069
tax policies or U.S. Government
1096
00:38:24,069 --> 00:38:25,539
policies.
1097
00:38:25,537 --> 00:38:26,737
So it's this whole idea of
1098
00:38:26,738 --> 00:38:28,538
creating a completely new world
1099
00:38:28,540 --> 00:38:30,780
out in the middle of nowhere.
1100
00:38:33,479 --> 00:38:35,779
>> NARRATOR: Some experts
1101
00:38:35,781 --> 00:38:37,551
estimate the cost to build the
1102
00:38:37,549 --> 00:38:39,489
ocean community off the coast of
1103
00:38:39,485 --> 00:38:41,785
Northern California is upwards
1104
00:38:41,787 --> 00:38:44,487
of $200 million.
1105
00:38:44,490 --> 00:38:46,490
>> FRANK: So you're seeing more
1106
00:38:46,492 --> 00:38:48,562
and more kind of crazy schemes.
1107
00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:49,700
One of them is called Freedom
1108
00:38:49,695 --> 00:38:50,825
Ship.
1109
00:38:50,829 --> 00:38:51,959
It's gonna be a mile long,
1110
00:38:51,963 --> 00:38:54,503
house 50,000 people.
1111
00:38:54,500 --> 00:38:55,770
Basically, like an island for
1112
00:38:55,767 --> 00:38:57,397
the wealthy that will
1113
00:38:57,403 --> 00:38:58,903
circumnavigate the globe every
1114
00:38:58,904 --> 00:39:01,114
two years and you'll never have
1115
00:39:01,106 --> 00:39:04,506
to pay taxes.
1116
00:39:04,510 --> 00:39:06,580
>> NARRATOR: Could some of
1117
00:39:06,578 --> 00:39:08,078
America's billionaires be
1118
00:39:08,079 --> 00:39:10,849
hatching a plan to become a
1119
00:39:10,849 --> 00:39:13,519
nation unto themselves?
1120
00:39:13,519 --> 00:39:15,719
One with its own territory and
1121
00:39:15,721 --> 00:39:17,961
political agenda?
1122
00:39:17,956 --> 00:39:21,556
But if so, why?
1123
00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:22,590
>> FRANK: The super-rich are
1124
00:39:22,594 --> 00:39:23,964
increasingly separating
1125
00:39:23,962 --> 00:39:25,102
themselves from the rest of the
1126
00:39:25,096 --> 00:39:26,596
country.
1127
00:39:26,598 --> 00:39:27,868
They've got private jets.
1128
00:39:27,866 --> 00:39:29,126
They've got private communities.
1129
00:39:29,134 --> 00:39:30,544
They've got private islands.
1130
00:39:30,536 --> 00:39:32,066
It's really become a billionaire
1131
00:39:32,070 --> 00:39:34,140
bubble or a separate secret
1132
00:39:34,139 --> 00:39:35,839
country.
1133
00:39:35,841 --> 00:39:36,811
It's a breakaway country of
1134
00:39:36,842 --> 00:39:38,842
rich people.
1135
00:39:38,844 --> 00:39:40,614
>> PALAST: Billionaires are very
1136
00:39:40,612 --> 00:39:41,612
different from us.
1137
00:39:41,613 --> 00:39:43,013
They don't make money the way
1138
00:39:43,014 --> 00:39:44,154
normal people do.
1139
00:39:44,149 --> 00:39:45,419
They don't punch clocks.
1140
00:39:45,417 --> 00:39:47,117
They believe that they are the
1141
00:39:47,118 --> 00:39:49,148
anointed landlords of this
1142
00:39:49,154 --> 00:39:50,894
planet, and we just get to live
1143
00:39:50,889 --> 00:39:52,689
in it.
1144
00:39:52,691 --> 00:39:54,031
>> NARRATOR: Do billionaires
1145
00:39:54,025 --> 00:39:56,125
really feel they are smarter and
1146
00:39:56,127 --> 00:39:58,597
more qualified to make decisions
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for the American public?
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Is that, perhaps, what drives
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their philanthropic, political
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and economic agendas?
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And could the wealthy be on a
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secret mission to fix the planet
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as they see fit, whether
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citizens like it or not?
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>> RANSOM: Everything that they
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do with PR, everything that they
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do with charity, everything that
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they do with the secret lobbying
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that goes on is really geared
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towards one thing: maintaining
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their status as billionaires.
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Their first rule would be:
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preserve that empire.
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And that's what the billionaire
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agenda really is.
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>> MULLER: There are good ones,
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bad ones.
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But in the end, it's just very
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hard for the regular person to
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relate to them, but... but I
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think it's a little too easy to
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cast them all as evil.
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>> FRANK: All of our lives are,
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in some sense, either tied to or
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controlled by the one percent
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and the wealthy.
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Whether we like it or not, they
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spend so much.
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They exert so much political
1180
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power.
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I say, as go the wealthy, so go
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the rest of America.
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>> NARRATOR: Do American
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billionaires really harbor a
1185
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global agenda?
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One that seeks to control
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everything from energy and food
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consumption to health care and
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even human reproduction?
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And is it all being done not in
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an evil quest for power but all
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for our own good?
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Or could the growing disparity
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between rich and poor lead to
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the collapse of the American
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dream?
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Perhaps the truth will only be
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known when the have-nots begin
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demanding answers and the
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billionaire agenda is revealed.
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