"The problems we face, did not come down from the heavens.
They are made, they are made by bad human decisions,
and good human decisions can change them.
They are made, they are made by bad human decisions,
and good human decisions can change them.
The greed of the billionaire class has got to end and we are going to do it for them. I don’t represent the big-money interests and I don’t want their money.
What kind of nation are we when we give tax breaks to billionaires, but we can't take care of the elderly and the children?
We have billions to spend on war but no money to take care of the very pressing needs of the American people. That bothers me a lot.
We have billions to spend on war but no money to take care of the very pressing needs of the American people. That bothers me a lot.
Children should not go hungry in this country while profitable corporations and the wealthy avoid their tax responsibilities.
Education must become affordable to all.
Health care should be a right, not a privilege.
Nobody who works 40 hours a week should be living in poverty.
Education must become affordable to all.
Health care should be a right, not a privilege.
Nobody who works 40 hours a week should be living in poverty.
I got into politics not to figure out how to become President.
I got into politics because I give a damn. And that's why I'm fighting for change.
I believe that at the end of the day when people come together,
when people are united there is nothing, nothing, nothing that can stop us."
I got into politics because I give a damn. And that's why I'm fighting for change.
I believe that at the end of the day when people come together,
when people are united there is nothing, nothing, nothing that can stop us."
"I don't take money from big banks. I don't get personal speaking fees from Goldman Sachs. Secretary Clinton has received over $600,000 from Goldman Sachs in one year, and she is not the only one.
Goldman Sachs has given this country two secretaries of treasury, one on the Republicans, one under Democrats. The leader of Goldman Sachs is a billionaire who comes to Congress and tells us we should cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
Congress is not listening to the American people. It's listening to the Big Money and Big Pharma interests.
Congress is not listening to the American people. It's listening to the Big Money and Big Pharma interests.
Citizens United gave billionaires like the Koch Brothers an even bigger opportunity to purchase the House, the Senate, even the White House. Super PACs are enabling the wealthiest people and the largest corporations in this country to spend unlimited amounts on elections.
We have a campaign finance system that is corrupt, we have super PACs, we have the pharmaceutical industry pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into campaign contributions and lobbying, and the private insurance companies as well.
We have a campaign finance system that is corrupt, we have super PACs, we have the pharmaceutical industry pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into campaign contributions and lobbying, and the private insurance companies as well.
We've got to bring back the 21st century Glass-Steagall legislation and we've got to break up these huge financial institutions. They have too much economic power and they have too much financial power over our entire economy. We need to end Citizens United.
The CEOs of large multinationals may like Hillary. They ain't going to like me and Wall Street is going to like me even less."
“We have a problem: money. Our system of elections is riddled with corruption. Money floods our political system, money that lets a handful of billionaires shape who gets into Congress and may decide who sits in the White House.
But that does not mean that anyone with any integrity must roll over and play dead. This congress doesn't lack for workable ideas for how to root out the influence of money in politics. This congress just lacks a spine to do it.
But that does not mean that anyone with any integrity must roll over and play dead. This congress doesn't lack for workable ideas for how to root out the influence of money in politics. This congress just lacks a spine to do it.
Six years ago the Supreme Court turned loose a flood of hidden money that is about to drown our democracy. We can blame the Supreme Court, heck we should blame the Supreme Court. But that is no excuse for doing nothing.
A new presidential election is upon us. The first votes will be cast in Iowa in just a few days. Anyone who shrugs and claims it is too hard has crawled into bed with the billionaires who want to run this country like some private club.
All of us were sent here to do our best to make government work, to make it work not just for those at the top but to make government work for all people. And it's time we start acting like it.”
- U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren
All of us were sent here to do our best to make government work, to make it work not just for those at the top but to make government work for all people. And it's time we start acting like it.”
- U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren
"Ever since Donald Trump has been opening his mouth, you're seeing all these bitter people, demagogues, latent racists who are becoming emboldened. You're seeing some ugly stuff happening around this country. I know you`re angry. And you know what? You should be angry because you`re working longer hours for low wages.
We've got millions of people who are in trouble today. They are fearful. They’re confused. They are anxious on a number of levels. We have people with two or three jobs, worried to death about their children, worried about their own retirement. The cost of everything, from college tuition to prescription drugs, has gone up and people aren’t getting paid a living wage.
People are hurting, they’re struggling, and no one is talking about it. They want something to be able to stand up and fight for. That`s what I believe the antidote is to Trumpism.
What’s the cause of their problems? What does it mean that 58 percent of all new income in America is going to the top 1 percent?Who is your enemy? Is it Wall Street? Is it Big Money? Is it massive inequality in terms of wealth and income?
Well, no one talks about that really. Why do you keep voting for people who are giving more tax breaks to billionaires, who are going to send your jobs abroad, not going to let you form a union, not going to allow your kids to go to college?
Because they pick out a victim whether it`s Blacks, whether it`s gays, whether it`s women, whether it`s immigrants, whether it`s Muslims who we can pick on.
We can't allow racism and xenophobia to gain traction. You want decent jobs. You want your kids to have an opportunity. We’re going to fight to give you that.
Because they pick out a victim whether it`s Blacks, whether it`s gays, whether it`s women, whether it`s immigrants, whether it`s Muslims who we can pick on.
We can't allow racism and xenophobia to gain traction. You want decent jobs. You want your kids to have an opportunity. We’re going to fight to give you that.
Don’t go to the dark side. Don't take it out on the Muslims or Latinos. Don’t go bashing immigrants or refugees. We've got to stand with those people who are being attacked today. We’ve got to stand up to the people who are so angry, who are so hateful.
Try to help us work together to create a country where your kids and you can have a decent standard of living. It has to be a bold and radical agenda, a political movement that will make your life better, not just other people's lives worse."
- Bernie Sanders
Don't #MakeAmericaHateAgain
Don't #MakeAmericaHateAgain
WHEN YOU & YOUR FAMILY/FRIENDS DON'T VOTE, REPUBLICANS WIN!
Many of you have few days left to register and vote Democrat for Bernie Sanders. Please make sure you do that.
Many of you have few days left to register and vote Democrat for Bernie Sanders. Please make sure you do that.
Remember that all the ignorant Republicans are going to vote in huge numbers 'religiously' because most of them think their 'God' wants them to vote for the 'not so Republican' GOP morons.
Voting for HILLARY CLINTON would mean choosing Government Of the Rich, By the Corrupt, For the Corporations.
BERNIE SANDERS is a real Social Democrat.
=>Government Of the People, By the People, For the People
=>Government Of the People, By the People, For the People
Choosing her over Sanders is like choosing the status quo... the same mess and unfair system that won't change anything.
It doesn't take rocket science to understand that corporations invest into politicians like Hillary only for profits and favors at the expense of our interests.
It doesn't take rocket science to understand that corporations invest into politicians like Hillary only for profits and favors at the expense of our interests.
To the feminists who support her just because she is a woman... You don't need a female president but a feminist president who understands women's issues. And that would be Bernie. Clinton just doesn't care.
The GOP, Hillary Clinton, her billionaire/Wall Street friends, DNC, Media and all corrupt politicians and corporations will try their best to sabotage Bernie Sanders' political revolution. We the People must not let that happen. We cannot ignore this real, just war against the oligarchy destroying/controlling our lives and the world.
Media and DNC are against Bernie Sanders. Make sure you educate the people in your life about Bernie Sanders and and Social Democracy. Make them vote Sanders!
"There is a secret to being a supporter of Bernie Sanders. It is something that totally escapes the thinking of most Democrats and Republicans. It is the mental understanding that Sanders is fighting a war that most people are not. It is the war between corporations and the people. Unless you are fighting this war as well, you cannot possibly understand how important it is to vote for Bernie over Hillary. This is not about Hillary or Bernie, it is about fighting your real enemies, the multi-national corporations who are trying to control this nation and the world. You ignore this war at your own peril."
"The illusion of democracy is an insult to our intelligence.
The world is being taken over by a handful of business powers who dominate the natural resources we need to live, while controlling the money we need to obtain these resources. The end result will be world monopoly based not on human life but financial and corporate power. Corruption is not some by-product of capitalism, it is its very foundation.
Efficiency, sustainability, and abundance are enemies of profit. It is the mechanism of scarcity that increases profit. War, poverty, corruption, hunger, misery, human suffering will not change in a monetary system.
The world is being taken over by a handful of business powers who dominate the natural resources we need to live, while controlling the money we need to obtain these resources. The end result will be world monopoly based not on human life but financial and corporate power. Corruption is not some by-product of capitalism, it is its very foundation.
Efficiency, sustainability, and abundance are enemies of profit. It is the mechanism of scarcity that increases profit. War, poverty, corruption, hunger, misery, human suffering will not change in a monetary system.
The last thing the men behind the curtain want is a conscious informed public capable of critical thinking. They seek to keep you in a distracted, naive bubble. And they are doing a damn good job of it.
You have to know the truth and seek the truth and the truth will set you free. It's time to claim the unity and work together to create a sustainable global society, where everyone is taken care of and everyone is truly free."
-Jacque Fresco
You have to know the truth and seek the truth and the truth will set you free. It's time to claim the unity and work together to create a sustainable global society, where everyone is taken care of and everyone is truly free."
-Jacque Fresco
“If those in charge of our society - politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television - can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves.
Our problem is civil obedience. Our problem is that people all over the world have obeyed the dictates of leaders and millions have been killed because of this obedience. Our problem is that people are obedient all over the world in the face of poverty and starvation and stupidity, and war, and cruelty. Our problem is that people are obedient while the jails are full of petty thieves and the grand thieves are running the country. That’s our problem.
Our problem is civil obedience. Our problem is that people all over the world have obeyed the dictates of leaders and millions have been killed because of this obedience. Our problem is that people are obedient all over the world in the face of poverty and starvation and stupidity, and war, and cruelty. Our problem is that people are obedient while the jails are full of petty thieves and the grand thieves are running the country. That’s our problem.
The challenge remains. On the other side are formidable forces: money, political power, the major media. On our side are the people of the world and a power greater than money or weapons: the truth. We live in a beautiful country. But people who have no respect for human life, freedom, or justice have taken it over. It is now up to all of us to take it back.”
-Howard Zinn
-Howard Zinn
#Bernie2016 #FeelTheBern #WeAreBernie #NotMeUs #BernieOrBust #WeEndorseBernie
!['"This is what I believe. Every great religion in the world- Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism- essentially comes down to 'Do unto others as you would like them to do unto you'. And, what I have believed in my whole life, I believed it when I was a 22 year old kid getting arrested in Chicago fighting segregation.
I believed it in my whole life that we are in this together, not just, not words. The truth is- at some level, when you hurt, when your children hurt, I hurt. I hurt. And, when my kids hurt, you hurt. And, it's very easy to turn our backs on kids who are hungry, or veterans who are sleeping out in the street, and we can develop a psyche, a psychology which says- 'I don't have to worry about them, all I'm going to worry about myself. I'm going to make another five billion dollars'.
But, I believe what human nature is about is that everybody in this room impacts everybody else in all kinds of ways that we can't even understand. It's beyond intellect. It's a spiritual, emotional thing. So, I believe that when we do the right thing, when we try to treat people with respect and dignity, when we say that that child who is hungry is my child, I think we are more human when we do that than when we say, "Hey world, I need more and more. I don't care about anybody else."
That's my religion, that's what I believe in. And, I think most people around the world, whatever their religion, their color, share that belief that we are in it together as human beings. And, it becomes more and more practical if we destroy the planet because we don't deal with climate change. Trust me we are all in it together, alright?
So, we have got to work together, and that is what my spirituality is about."
- @[124955570892789:274:Bernie Sanders]
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!['"Let me give you my perspective on what`s going on. It`s a different perspective I think than other people have. I think you have an enormous amount of fear and uncertainty in this country. And it`s not just from San Bernardino or from Paris.
I think what you`ve got are millions of people who are in trouble
today. They really are. They`re confused. They`re working longer hours for lower wages. They`re seeing productivity going up but their kids are worse off economically than they are. They`re looking at a campaign finance system in politics and they see corruption, big money buying elections. Nobody in Congress is listening to them.
They`re out there alone. Who`s listening to them? They`re in trouble. They need help. What`s the cause of their problems? Is it Wall Street? Is it big money? Is it massive inequality in terms of wealth and income? Well, no one talks about that really.
And then have you demagogues like Donald Trump come along. He says I know what the cause is. Remember, a few months ago, the cause was that Mexicans who are coming to this country, well, they were criminals or rapists.
Today, it is Muslims.
You all remember how many years ago, we were younger, it was uppity women who are trying to take our jobs as men. It was those gay people who wanted to make everybody homosexual in our school system. It was Blacks wanted to take white jobs.
That`s what demagoguery is about. It is to obfuscate the real problems facing our society and find somebody you can blame and rally the American people. That`s what it is. It`s the immigrants or the Muslims. We`ve got to take them on.
And I think my main concern is because I worry about this. It`s real.
You see the people standing up there and applauding. How do we get to those people? How do we say, why do you keep voting for people who are giving more tax breaks to billionaires, who are going to send your jobs abroad, not going to let you form a union, not going to allow your kids to go to college? Why do you keep voting for these guys?
Because they pick out a victim whether it`s Blacks, whether it`s gays, whether it`s women, whether it`s immigrants, whether it`s Muslims who we can pick on.
And what our job is and I think hard about these things, how do we get those people to begin standing up for their own interests.
And I will tell you is the antidote to Trump is a very strong progressive agenda that says, yes, I know you`re angry. And you know what?
You should be angry because you`re working longer hours for low wages. You have a right to be bitter and you have a right to be that.
Don`t take it out on the Muslims. Don`t take it out on Latinos. Try to help us work together to create a country where your kids and you can have a decent standard of living. It has to be a bold and radical agenda. No more same old same old.
I don`t mean to be political here. People are hurting and angry, and they want something to be able to stand up and fight for. That`s what I believe the antidote is to Trumpism.
What we have got to do immediately is to say that racism and xenophobia is totally unacceptable and we will stand with the 1 percent of our population who are Muslims, for undocumented people in this country. Absolutely, we will stand.
We can`t allow racism and xenophobia to gain traction. And I`ll tell you what does worry me – ever since Trump has been opening his big mouth, you`re seeing all these bitter people, latent racists who are becoming emboldened. You`re seeing some ugly stuff happening around this country.
If you`re a Republican politician, right, and you`re seeing this guy saying crazy stuff and going up in the polls, what are you going to say, you`re going to say equally crazy or maybe a little less crazy stuff.
But I think the solution or at least the approach that as progressives we should address is to tell people out there, we know you`re angry. But Muslims are not your enemy. Who is your enemy?
What does it mean that 58 percent of all new income in America is
going to the top 1 percent? That we have massive income and wealth inequality? You want decent jobs. You want your kids to have an opportunity. We`re going to fight to give you that.
Don`t go to the dark side. Don`t go bashing immigrants or Muslims. But we need an alternative. So, yes, I think the immediate thing is we stand up to protect those people who are in trouble.
We`ve got to stand with those people who are being attacked today, but at the same time, it`s not good enough to say that racism and xenophobia is bad. We`ve got to reach those people today who are so angry, who are so hateful and say, yes, you have a right to be angry, don`t take it out on the Muslims.
These are issues that we`re going to have to deal with and we can deal with it. It doesn`t take rocket science to know that we have to do.
Work with us to create an agenda and political movement that will make your life better, not just other people`s lives worse.
- U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders on The Rachel Maddow Show. Just a few minutes of Bernie Sanders makes more sense than anything the other bigoted hatemongers and politicians all over the world have said ever.
"I'll tell you what does worry me. Ever since Trump has been opening his mouth, you're seeing all these bitter people, latent racists who are becoming emboldened. You're seeing some ugly stuff happening around this country.
A few months ago we were supposed to hate Mexicans. Now we're supposed to hate Muslims. And that kind of crap is not going to work in the United States of America.
What we have got to do immediately is to say that racism and xenophobia are totally unacceptable and we will stand with Muslims and undocumented people in this country. We can't allow racism and xenophobia to gain traction.
It's fun for the political media to treat Donald Trump like he's the lead character in a soap opera or the star player on a baseball team.
But the truth is his language is dangerous, especially as it empowers his supporters to act out against Muslims, Latinos, and African-Americans...
The United States is a great nation when we stand together, but we are weak when we allow racism and xenophobia to divide us. So let's send a message that we stand together."
- U.S. Senator @[124955570892789:274:Bernie Sanders]
Bernie Sanders / @[38471053686:274:Elizabeth Warren] / @[28684115392:274:Martin O'Malley] 2016
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