We have a government of billionaires, by billionaires and for billionaires
By: Sen. Bernie Sanders; Fox News Look at what’s happening all around us and see if ‘efficiency’ is the major goal of these billionaires All of us owe Donald Trump and Elon Musk a deep debt of gratitude. For a very long time the big money interests, under Democratic and Republican administrations, have dominated our government and our politics. They did
Why Do Working People Die Younger Than the Wealthy?
By: Sen. Bernie Sanders; Newsweek Everyone wants to live a long, happy, and productive life. If you’re working class in America, that’s tough to do. Last month, I asked Americans to share their stories about how financial stress is affecting their lives. The response was overwhelming, heartbreaking, and infuriating. Working people are dying years before they should. Stress kills. Put
Can Trumpism be defeated? Absolutely. Here’s how
By: Sen. Bernie Sanders; The Guardian What we are fighting for is not ‘utopian’ or unachievable. Trumpism can and must be defeated I will be doing town meetings in Omaha, Nebraska, this Friday night and Iowa City, Iowa, on Saturday morning. Further, in the coming weeks and months, I and other progressives will be holding grassroots events from coast to coast.
Cap credit card interest rates at 10%
By: Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Josh Hawley; Fox News Americans are drowning in a record-breaking $1.17 trillion in credit card debt In his “Divine Comedy,” Italian poet Dante Alighieri reserved a special place in the Seventh Circle of Hell for people who charged usurious interest rates. Seven hundred years later, “usury” doesn’t come up much in common parlance, but the problem
What Trump didn’t say in his inauguration speech
By: Sen. Bernie Sanders; The Guardian The simple truth is that Trump ignored almost every major issue facing this country’s working families in his first speech I was at the Trump inauguration on Monday, and needless to say, I disagree with almost everything he had to say. What really struck me, however, is not what he said, which was not surprising
