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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) says the trove of documents “shows how these billionaires and multinational corporations get richer by hiding their wealth and profits and avoid paying their fair share of taxes”<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
“The major issue of our time is the rapid movement toward international oligarchy,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) declared in a\u00a0statement<\/a>\u00a0to the\u00a0Guardian\u00a0<\/em>on Monday, which noted that “Sanders’ intervention in the debate sparked by the\u00a0Paradise Papers<\/a>\u00a0marks the most prominent political response to the leak in their opening 24 hours.”<\/p>\n
Decrying a world “in which a handful of billionaires own and control a significant part of the global economy,” Sanders said the trove of more than 13 million\u00a0leaked documents\u00a0<\/a>detailing offshore dealings “shows how these billionaires and multinational corporations get richer by hiding their wealth and profits and avoid paying their fair share of taxes.”<\/p>\n
Sanders said the documents expose a “major problem not just for the U.S. but for governments throughout the world.” According to the\u00a0Guardian<\/em>, he also<\/p>\n