Today's news from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.):
Rising Populism: MSNBC's Steve Kornacki described a rising populist movement in the Democratic caucus by citing Sen. Sanders' questioning of CBO Director Doug Elmendorf as evidence. Sanders questioned Emendorf during a budget conference committee saying, "The reason we're in a deficit today is because of two unpaid wars, a Medicare Part D program unpaid for and trillions in tax breaks that went to the wealthy.”
White House '16: Sen. Sanders recently said he's open to a presidential bid if no other progressive candidate steps up. "Under normal times, it's fine, you have a moderate Democrat running, a moderate Republican running," Sanders told the Burlington Free Press. "These are not normal times. The United States right now is in the middle of a severe crisis and you have to call it what it is," National Public Radio reported....
Black Friday Protests: Thousands of Walmart workers and their supporters in the trade union movement have begun a nationwide series of Black Friday rallies against America's largest private employer, protesting against wages and conditions they say are so low that many employees are forced to rely on government assistance, The Guardian reported.
Life on Minimum Wage: According to a study released in October, only 13 percent of fast-food workers get health-insurance benefits at work. Meanwhile, executive pay and profits in the industry are on the rise. Last winter, Bloomberg News determined that it would take a Chicago McDonald’s worker who earns $8.25 an hour more than a century on the clock to match the $8.75 million that the company’s chief executive made in 2011, The New York Times reported.
Continue reading here: http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/newswatch/120113
Rising Populism: MSNBC's Steve Kornacki described a rising populist movement in the Democratic caucus by citing Sen. Sanders' questioning of CBO Director Doug Elmendorf as evidence. Sanders questioned Emendorf during a budget conference committee saying, "The reason we're in a deficit today is because of two unpaid wars, a Medicare Part D program unpaid for and trillions in tax breaks that went to the wealthy.”
White House '16: Sen. Sanders recently said he's open to a presidential bid if no other progressive candidate steps up. "Under normal times, it's fine, you have a moderate Democrat running, a moderate Republican running," Sanders told the Burlington Free Press. "These are not normal times. The United States right now is in the middle of a severe crisis and you have to call it what it is," National Public Radio reported....
Black Friday Protests: Thousands of Walmart workers and their supporters in the trade union movement have begun a nationwide series of Black Friday rallies against America's largest private employer, protesting against wages and conditions they say are so low that many employees are forced to rely on government assistance, The Guardian reported.
Life on Minimum Wage: According to a study released in October, only 13 percent of fast-food workers get health-insurance benefits at work. Meanwhile, executive pay and profits in the industry are on the rise. Last winter, Bloomberg News determined that it would take a Chicago McDonald’s worker who earns $8.25 an hour more than a century on the clock to match the $8.75 million that the company’s chief executive made in 2011, The New York Times reported.
Continue reading here: http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/newswatch/120113
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