We were based on a model (Rome) that failed. We must make systemic changes to our democracy, or face the same fate. If people have problems with migrants and immigrants, they really won't like the modern versions of Ostrogoths, Visigoths, and Vandals.
@HouseRavensong Due to the rapid change in technology, in addition to the good, it has created a few large corporations that have monopolized the industry. Anti-trust laws need to be enforced to benefit the many and not the few.
@@HouseRavensong Nothing wrong with immigrants so long as we can be selective. Opening the *floodgates* like this *brain dead* administration has is a complete *disaster!*
This man is an institution. He keeps soldiering on, despite decades of cowardly inaction on the part of government. God bless him! He never ceases to advocate for the common man. Though he be in his 80s, he never wearies nor tires of advocating for us. His messaging is always spot-on and never changes. Because the cowards refuse to do what is needful. How I will miss Bernie when he’s gone and there is no one with his moral authority to speak like this.
We desperately NEED & WANT hundreds of equally passionate (yet far far younger) Bernie Sanders across the entire great U.S.À. both in society in general & urgently & most definitely in Congress & the Presidency as well & more.
The fact that ANY company would be too powerful for the United States government to “take on” tells you everything you need to know about our current system
the military industrial complex and the CIA or a secret unknown agency runs this country, by selecting a puppet like Biden they can control that's why they are anti trump because he doesn't want war he wants to make deals and they can not control him. The pentagon has failed every audit in history where does the money go nobody knows and that's the way they want it
Its not that the companies are to powerful but corrupt politicians that protect them. Politicians are more interested in becoming richer then taking care of the average citizen. On top of it you have low information voters that don't even know who they are voting for except the D or R after their name.
People ask are you better today than 4 yrs ago when the question is are you better than your parents were 50 yrs ago...and the answer is an unequivocal NO!
70's kid here , and I see it now. Dad worked in Heating & Air, mom raised 2 kids, had 3 - 4 vacations a year , quiet neighborhood with a house an yard....
@@phillipellison4758 Very true. Kids could afford to buy their own first car too. My very first brand new Mustang II Hatchback cost $4200! My pride and joy that I bought myself.
50 years ago...Watergate Scandal, impeachment hearings against Richard Nixon and his resignation nation. There was an energy crisis due to an oil embargo and gas lines. Ted Bundy was still on his murder spree and the War in Vietnam still raged on. I don't remember it being so great. The inflation rate was 12.3%. Today it went down to 2.9. Check your facts.
it’s because all the major news networks aren’t broadcasting bernie and people like him. and if major news aren’t broadcasting him, then the average person thinks he must not be worth the time. In my opinion, what bernie is saying and what similar sentiments that have been expressed in government should he HEADLINE news. but as long as there’s no money in it for the news networks that’ll never happen.
@@jalensoto187 That and also coupled with the fact that people are afraid he's a "commy", "socialist" or "communist" and dismiss him without any real understanding. This is a serious problem in America.
@@nensondubois absolutely, most americans are quick to agree that it's important that we do our own research, but then not actually take their own advice.
I think the Bible calls it bribery and it's one of the reasons God judged Israel. Along with worshipping false gods and not letting the land rest the sabbath year.
No, it should be revised to become more regulated and transparent. There are downsides to it being gone altogether. I’ve read extensively about it so I recommend you do so also
We've had an oligarchy problem for decades Edit: Oligarchal structures have grown out of democracies since ancient greece. Seems like any and every structured system develops some kind of power consiladation. Idk, it all sucks. People suck. Taxes suck.
The bill was signed for the federal reserve to come into effect … world wars happened. Slowly but surely over 100 years later ,, the wealth has fully moved up … and the states are collapsing very slowly … just like time before , its last few hundred years look eerily similar to what America is doing
This is not a new thing. It's been made worse by Democrats and Republicans together, for hundreds of years. Government would be a good answer, only if the government stopped with the rights violations that methods like forced wealth redistribution, inflationary schemes, rent control, etc, constitute. It is those very tactics that have caused damage for so long, consistently.
@@hadesunderworld4203 No. I disagree the opposite happened. Wilson intended to tax the richest at that time. Reagan did the opposite. Remember "Trickle down" from Reagan? There never was a trickle down. Reagan gave tax breaks to wealthiest, broken apart unions, etc.
Look up the documentary Hollywoodism. It's about how a certain group of religious people developed Hollywood, fabricated the 'American Dream'... They then pulled the rug out from under us.
The DNC took the nomination away from Bernie who could have beaten Trump -- but we got corrupt Hillary because they wanted to erase the threat of Bernie -- it's a one party system -- the property party
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽I’m not left or right, I’m just an American who’s wants better for our country. No evil, No greed, NO CORRUPTION, NO more little people working day after day paycheck to paycheck with high rent, high healthcare, no time to look after kids, family, and a mountain to climb to own a home! But you can’t because your living paycheck to paycheck high bills, and a car breaking down and healthcare!!!! Day after day paycheck to paycheck just to have your clock run and die. Think about how much time is put in just to pay bills. This man is looking out for America. Bless him.👏🏽
He does bring up extremely valid truths here. Obvious truths that nobody else seems to be talking about. It is just too bad he wouldn’t make it as an independent….because I’d bet he has to vote “for” tons of policy he is talking against here, just to make it through elections. Far left handout crap that is great for young votes, but bad economic policy.
There is no reason any American should be hungry. Nobody on these lands should be hungry but we are the one place that cares more about profits then PEOPLE! Vote for the American people not for the greed of CORPORATIONS OR POLITICIANS!!!!
Do you honestly believe they worked that nuch harder than the average worker. It's not "smarts" either. It's immoral attitudes that lets them take advantage of ppl. For instance, i just heard Kroger is using illegal immigrants to farm their land because it's super cheap. @pamb4105
@@Kyle-w9h is that a snarky remark implying I should save 160 million people? It’s objectively insane and it’s more crazy to poke fun assuming you’re not one of the THREE people
im 45 yrs old and make only 15.73 hr working for chipotlee and I cant make it! im about to loose my house soon! and I have a hot dog cart selling outside a bar at night, trying hard to to survive.. all I do is work.. and I cant keep up.. please help us working people!
AMEN! I am a disabled, homeless, woman, living in an RV, in Richmond CA. Even though I am parked on land owned by the city of Richmond, I am being evicted by UC Berkeley police simply because the street that I am parked on is ADJACENT to land owned by UC Berkeley. I am not in anyone's way, I am not surrounded by garbage, I am not blocking the street or sidewalks. This is a clear case of rich people doing everything in their power to erase the rights of poor people, simply because they can. If you have money, you are allowed to get away with anything. If you don't have money, the mere act of existence is now considered a crime.
@@jessitaran763 sadly wealth is power & has been throughout history. Finding a way to fix this is complex: it ends up being an ongoing problem with no perfect solution.
Dude.. if you're homeless, just save whatever money you have and move to Florida or Arizona. If you stay there, you will be in a sinking ship of liberalcrats.
@@DuncanWilliamsOFFICIAL so just ignore the gospel’s call to feed the hungry, clothe the poor & care for the vulnerable. I hope you never have anything happen to make you vulnerable and need of care. Don’t fool yourself I’ve seen happen to people of means don’t delude yourself that you can’t become vulnerable, no matter how prepared you are; your life can be turned upside down by things you can’t predict. I pray it never happens to you but don’t delude yourself it can’t: I’ve seen millionaires suddenly lose it all through unforeseen circumstances. Vulnerability can get the best prepared.
@@mannyechaluce3814 no justice must be brought nobody gets a fair hearing without spending fortunes. They force insurance without providing it forcing you to do business with private corporations. You don't even have privacy anymore because they let corporations spy on everyone. This is the Corporate States of America where only the rich are protected if we have rights it shouldn't cost us to have them
@@mannyechaluce3814 the estimation for how long someone has to go without any major problems (health conditions, getting hurt, losing a job, so on) is 20 years for them to reasonably make it out of the lower class. There are programs offering classes to low income people about how to save money, which is awesome. But you have to remember that being poor comes with a lot of barriers to upward mobility and the lack of knowledge on how to save money effectively isn’t something many low income people know because we don’t teach that in public schools (especially underfunded schools).
@@mannyechaluce3814 Yes, it is true that "poor people in the US" don't know how to save money. Unfortunately, the working poor have no money to save. Respectfully.
@@RawJewel they are supposed to be servants. Problem is it’s so complex in today’s world they couldn’t do their jobs without some support. Maybe term limits, but then end up with lack of depth. Surely needs addressing, but more complex in today’s world where corruption can so easily happen.
This is very important but the majority of the general public will never hear it. People in power want us to fight with each other and look at the 'bad guy' over there so that we don't look at them. America needs a new Revolution
@@cruzfairfield3326The USA is not a democracy. If you listened to Bernie's speech you would hear how corporations basically BUY VOTES thus effectively giving them more political power than people. It is called Corporatism and it's basically like Oligarchy which is oppressive
@@bakinglady1009 Worse than just an "elite", but descended from .. perpetrators of great acts of... Undoing in Russia and many other places. I can't even use the words here, but you don't need to be a Christian to see how John 8:44 is related to M. Mordecai Levi and the Romanovs. Sorry for being so indirect, but you know...
In my opinion: Unfortunately that's an populist fallacy. If you think how many bottles of water get sold & how much pollution they make when not recycled in contrast to cigarettes you can see how price contributes to a major reduction in environmental waste. If there weren't any rich people circulating their hords of $, there simply won't be any money for anything. There's a difference between hording greed & circulating responsible values for obtainable capital. Without attainable capital, equity means nothing & interest rates go way up. Oh, it's all greed isn't it with the liberal socialist? Money can't come cheap or free because it will be wasted. Education has been a huge waste for a lot of people when there is no attainable capital to be had because they obviously spent money they hadn't known the value of just to buy themselves a good job on a loan. It's basically bottled water vs cigarettes thinking..
@@opinionsvary your entitled to your opinion but that still doesn’t change the fact that half of the 8 billion people in world are still in poverty in 2024. Billionaires and trillionaires can definitely do more than they are currently doing, don’t lie to yourself.
@@Granted_Health_and_WellnessIn my opinion: It's not a matter of drinking the liberal Koolaid, it's that they buy bottled water & supposedly can't afford it. It can fairly be said not everyone can handle the responsibility of containing a natural resource without destroying it over a unappreciated access to it due to a irresponsible price point. Unless there's a hurricane coming or you have a travel trip planned, there is no sensible reason to allow cheap bottles of water to be conveniently placed within the grasp of the urban inhabitant. You speak of "opinions" even though two examples of why liberals don't understand what being rich is all about. If they truly were evil & all greedy, just like aforementioned equity, money would disappear entirely. Then you ask how would someone support themselves or their families. That's not a problem the greedy should care about, but the rich people solve all the time. The academic argument is even with the best education, there will always be poor people being mainly flawed within their situational lives. They want unattainable liberty without the virtue of conventional wisdom. If reality seems opinionated, I like to hear your take on what makes one impoverished. It's fair to say people are incredibly lucky today considering the responsible have to keep the irresponsible in prospective order. They waste then ask for more. The rich give more, the poor spend all they have on convince. Maybe they're poor because of convenient spending access. Come on, I'd like to hear an "opinionated" example besides character attacks of emotional latent dichotomy.
@@Granted_Health_and_Wellness In my opinion: Obama's financial planners use real estate & inflated market values to hedge debt for people that want what they can't afford. That's why the bubble popped & were about to have a devastating market crash should the media people talk about real analytics. They can get a second job & live in their mommy's apartment until they find the men's section at the department store. On a different note, their problems aren't anyone else's concern when you can start your own business. Got a dog poop pick up service in our community so maybe they're just incredibly lazy.
@@Granted_Health_and_Wellness I can't believe all the billions and trillions of dollars spent on weapons. No one seem to care about the human tragedy of comptetition for resources.
Bernie you always speak the truth based on your being a Senator for decades and knowing our broken systems all around. You are so truthful coming from humble beginnings yourself, in the 1940s, that people of Vermont see it and KEEP VOTING YOU IN EVERY TERM. I wish other Americans vote intelligently as Vermonters. Thanks a million.
I wish we could reset Bernie's and Joe's ages. They are both great leaders! Imagine if they were 35 years younger. Add in Buttigieg, Warren, Walz, AOC (after she gains more experiential wisdom), and others. Add in Cheney, Kitzinger, and Romney on the Republican side. What a great bipartisan group we could have!
@@wkb8326we simply can't pay for the entire worlds healthcare. Yes. Citizens only. We need to define specifically what a citizen is and who specifically qualifies
Bless this man he truly cares about the American people. He has been talking about the same issues for decades. He is the type of public figure we need more of. ❤
What I’m impressed with is the greater number of people being bold enough to post statements in support of people like Sanders in channels like Forbes 😄 normally it’s a pro-GOP/Trump/Rich Folks echo chamber in here, Fox News, WSJ, etc. Guess Harris galvanized people more than I could have imagined!
Taxing the rich would fix it. You think republicans have any desire to fix immigration? It's one of their most important wedge issues. They shot down the bill that would have helped.
Remember the Reagan 80s? "Greed is good" was the motto. And here we are. The middle-class is gone. It's a handful of rich people and everyone else struggling and suffering just to get by.
As I've said: You have health insurance? No you don't. People like Bernie Sanders are selling you a pipe dream. He doesn't want "Scandinavia" as he's suggested. He wants Soviets. He wants the worst of what you already HAVE in your system. Trump lowered taxes to MATCH Scandinavia. Think about that for a second. If the media brainwashed you, as Sanders claims, then how come the media constantly is bringing up his own talking points? 3D chess? No. The establishment is not what you've been told that it is. What you actually need is industry. Real, unregulated (Yes, in the true sense of the word, speaking only of honest work) professionalism. Catering to genuine consumer needs. You do NOT have this for the most part in the current system. You do NOT have customer service or competition on the most important of points.You have the sort of systems that Bernie and thousands of other politicians world over, century after century, have implemented.
I wish that everyone in the house and the representatives and the governors and the senators get paid $13 an hour for the rest of their life. Let’s see how quick that book changes.😡
I go with pay them more, but tie it to performance more like the private sector, add term limits, no insider trading, and some accountability. We want the best, the best costs, but I don't want to support them for life while they bleed us dry in every way they can.
Every elected Congressperson should be required to work their entire first year for their state’s minimum wage with NO outside help or money from donors, and a one-week paid vacation and health insurance at the end of their first year. Afterward, they can get a $1.00 raise per hour per year, plus an extra week of vacation until they reach four years. Then no extra vacations. That would certainly lower the costs of elections because many fewer people would want to run. But they would certainly learn how many of “the rest” of us live, and maybe start making laws to help US workers.
Then they'd take even more bribes. We are already run by corporations. Citizen''s United has to be rescinded, ethics laws enforced and the Supreme Court overhauled and subject to strict ethics laws, as well.
Well at the time the government/law decided that corporations would be seen as an individual, nobody stood and did anything about it. Legally corporations are seen as an entity, an individual in every sense except physical reality.
The markup on groceries is small., perhaps 1 to3 %. The root cause is high energy that increases cost on every entity that handles the food including transportation.
Monopoly of retail groceries? Place the blame where it belongs! This current administration recklessly printed and spent our tax dollars to foreign countries and in support of criminal aliens with a boatload of unnecessary domestic spending as well, this current government administration has sought to recreate the Weimar Republic history in America.
Not utilizing our own national petroleum deposits has also made everything more expensive and contributed to our American inflation under this destructive administration.
You've never traveled abroad have you. Or gone to a country that's in a war or a country that's been attacked by American economic hit men or been sanctioned by the US. This is nothing
Bernie Sanders, maybe you should ask some of the congressmen to try to live on $1500 a month.Maybe if they do that literally they will understand just what it is to be a senior citizen with very little money and how hard it is to get through a month
@@Kittiesinclair5 -- I don't if your referring to a couple of specific aspects of Bernir's talk or it as a whole - or whatever? But the tragic reality of ALL the English speaking nations is dire. And I know because I've been to and through them all. I'm just viewing a RUclips titled: MR BEAN (Rowan Atkinson) - Communist Britain: Free Speech. I will encourage you to google it up and have a gander Only came out an hour ago.
In fairness, Bernie Sanders has been preaching shared wealth his entire life to people who are stone-deaf. Bernie Sanders is to me the custodian of the soul of America. He has fought hard for those who are disadvantaged in every context, be it in the form of health, wealth or homelessness, amongst other key issues like the Palestinians in Gaza.
People are in the lower income bracket by choice. Billionaires create the working class. People voluntarily exchanged their money to them. It’s ok to be wealthy, there is nothing bad about that. The only reason why people in America are poor is because they choose to be or because of government intervention in the marketplace. Billionaires aren’t the problem here.
Is that why it seems like he's talking to an empty room? Where is everyone? Did they care so little about what he has to say that they all decided to take a lunch break just then?
@@pwetty4r4 he has shifted democratic policies further left than anyone. We would not even be considering medicare for all without him and people like him.
I'm one of the 25% of Seniors that live on less than $15,000 a year. If it wasn't because I live in a Blue State, where subsidized housing, Food Stamps and Medicaid are reasonably accessible, I'd be living in a homeless shelter, or out of my car...or not living at all.
@@Stomp409 yeah, that’s the thing I mean if I oversimplified, it’s the Republican to make all the money and the far left Democrats to come up with ways to take it and spend it. I mean we have to have living wages. Every wage should be a living wage what is so hard about that. But Republicans want to have starter, wages, teenage wages, part-time wages, and all of that crap. And corporations like Walmart find ways to make sure their workers are just part time worker so they’re not do any medical our health insurance, and they’re told where, and how to apply for government aid. Wages pretty much stagnated for the past 40 years pretty much since the Reagan revolution tax cuts have gone to corporations corporations to become people and this is actually one of the reasons why Mr. Trump is popular because people are hurting and he feels their pain like good old Bubba Clinton. Of course Trump has no solutions… But he makes them feel good like Reagan did but it in A very pale imitation. Anyway, voodoo economics didn’t work. Giving corporations and rich people, tax cards does doesn’t work. But just having a wealth tax so that if you have stuff and you have assets, we’re going to confiscate those assets and somehow re-distribute them magically sprinkling the love all over. Everyone is also not going to be very workable. Do you know we are what we are we’re not some Scandinavian country what’s 40% tax rate in a big social safety net. That’s not part of our history and that’s not part of our character… It’s amazing that FDR did what he was able to do and crazy old LBJ was able to do what he did. I mean most people have no money and no savings it was the unions that made the middle class and now I think 3% of the people are in Union Station… They’ve got no pensions. Everyone is hoping for their Social Security which the Republicans want to privatize. There’s plenty of money in this country… And plenty of sickness and hunger and homelessness. It’s very interesting that any plan to make America great again. Doesn’t seem to address these things. Just about being powerful in the world and having cheaper gas.
Blessed Mr. Sanders for being too kind and not damning these bastards to hell when he ran for president and had the primaries rigged against him twice.
I’m from Arkansas and can tell you we’ve been there. We largely stopped being racist long along ago and started being classist. It’s not about black or white it’s been about us vs them my whole life.
Doesn't matter what the tax rate is. Government collects about 15-17% of GDP each year in taxes. Tax the rich is a lie the communists ("progressives") use to con working people into thinking they're fighting for them. Here's the con: 1. Dems pass huge spending bills "for the people." 2. Then they dole out the government spending to their rich friends. 3. Then their RINO corporate pals (as controlled opposition) use inflation as an excuse to raise prices. 4. Oops corporations make huge profits. How did that happen! 5. Dems cry foul...since, ya know...they're "for the people" and say "Capitalism bad...mmmkay. Join our unions!" 6. Dems collect union dues. Corps collect profits. Both go back to their communist pals in D.C. including the RINO's who "oppose" Dems. Cycle repeats. Election are r9gged so they continue to be re-elected. Watch "Uncounted: the New Math in American Elections" (2008) on RUclips and "Let My People Go" (2023) on another platform which pays tribute to the J6ers and shows the r8gging system (starting about 37 min mark).
It started with the communist Democrats and their unions who controlled the party with donations. Commies took over union leadership in the mid-90's starting with the AFL-CIO and John Sweeney. Then moved from union to union. Watch "Agenda: Grinding America Down" (traces Marxism from 1920's Frankfurt School to today's Democrats) and "Agenda 2: Masters of Deceit by Curtis Bowers" (infiltration of institutions...unions, churches, schools, etc.). Glenn Beck also does a great special..."The Great Reset: Joe Biden and the Rise of 21st Century Fascism" (think you have to go to his website to find it or that other platform). Corporate lobbying in the '80's and China started buying politicians with "elite capture." Communist globalists started with military-industrial complex building the unelected administrative state (not to mention Fauci with government-funded academic research and Big Pharma. UN is heavily involved along with WHO, WEF, IMF, IPCC, etc. All pushing their UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development puppies and rainbows 17 goal con games to distract and divide while centralizing power behind the scenes. Now they're trying to cement their "public-private" partnerships which are really public-public partnerships.
Lying communists organized globally push Agenda 2030 based on DEI to divide & distract while centralizing unelected power in global agencies & one world govt. Digital passport = chain. ESG social credit score = whip. All-electric AI surveillance grid. Incidentally, John Birch Society has been sounding the warning for years as well.
Here's the solution...the MSM won't utter a word about it since it strips the globalists of their power. .... If you really want to fix the problem and vote out the communist globalist overlords you call oligarchs, secure the elections and vote Trump who will put you and America first. He wants a strong America. That's why they hate him (plus he interrupted their coup in 2016). ................... They want to tear us down and erase all borders everywhere so they can have their unelected one world government. ................ Watch "Let My People Go" (Nov, 2023, David Clements, free) which will show you the problems with our elections. Share it with others. Organize and confront local officials to ditch machines blinding central control, return counting from centers to precinct level and make sure all ballots are cast by legal citizens. ................. That's how to defeat their coup, secure your freedom and return things to normal with opportunity for all.
My first apartment, 1972, Houston was $150 everything included. Now, $1200 plus water bill, electric bill, gas bill, and trash pick up. All day paying bills just to live.
In 1995, my mortgage payment for a 3 bd 2 bath rancher was $310 a month and that's with 8% interest. This isnt oligarchy.. this is just flat out greed. My property tax was $200 .. now its over $2000. Greed
Is it strategic or better to have gas and electricity or is that some sort of ploy by the city/state to generate income. I understand having gas for emergencies if the electricity goes out.
@@ATdaSPIDERMANa lot of people have gas heat for the house because it’s more efficient and cheaper than resistive electric heating. Not really the case anymore because of heat pumps unless you live somewhere really cold. Some people keep it for gas stoves though.
Never In History has Politicians had it so good. About $200k Salary, great insurance, Life time Benifits, insider knowledge to make Great Stock Purchases and Selling to make Millions.
@@aquariuswagewar7658 I'd rather have someone like Bernie fighting for me than the beloved capitalists that run this country with their wallets. When/if you retire, make sure to deny your social security if you hate socialism.
@aquariuswagewar7658 yet this socialist is one of the only politicians who's trying to get rid of legal bribery. The single thing that stops the U.S from making progress. The people are too dumb to realize that cause the boogeyman aka the socialist.
In the past though there was a lot more competition between the super wealthy and the constitution was taken a little more seriously plus the media and journalists generally opposed and exposed the ruling class when they went too far, but today all the major media works for them. And worst of all the majority of the top top guys are working together in many ways as opposed to competing. The world economic forum for example. All the most powerful people in the world either through political power or wealth meet to discuss how they want to shape the world. Its an unofficial global confederacy practically. When they work together there's no checks or balance. There are few powerful billionaires who oppose the large cartel but they won't last long unless something changes.
Let's be clear, if you don't have a good system, reversing that does not fix anything. You just knock it down a few tiers. It's important to set up the system before you simply go after the 1%. Going after the 10% will be harder. At least with the 1% you have fewer numbers to work against you.
Yeah, and here’s the worst part… we live in a country with more guns than people and all the people are too complacent and not angry enough to do anything about any of it.
@@timothyrussell4445 we don't live in a democracy. You have been fed a lie. Do the people actually pic the president? The donors do. We live in a oligarchy!
Sanders has been doing his best for decades, I mean, did you not pay attention to his presidential campaigns? What's the point of you belittling his ongoing efforts. What exactly is the point of that? Did you also belittle Occupy Wall Street?
Bernnie is Correct. and. In the USA. You Need A lot of money to Get Education, Healthcare , A House , Car, and even to to Burried when you die of Stress.
Very powerful speech Bernie. Hits home with me pretty hard. I know there are good people in America still. We need change. The politicians are supposed to reflect us and our needs, the majority economic class, more so than the 1%. That is not the case and it's sad and terrifying. We need a systematic clean sweep and change
@@rickbateman2401lol you think a senator is the biggest leech in all of government?? wait till you hear about how much the gov gives industries in subsidies.
@@ThunderHOWL16 just curious - do you understand how much a business that makes zero profit pays in tax each year despite the fact that they don’t have to pay income tax?? Do you have any idea what the real cost of something would be if governments didn’t give back a SMALL portion of the money they get from businesses to subsidize you so you can stay at home on the couch or ride the bus at about 10% of the real cost?? The biggest leaches in society are not businesses or even politicians, they are citizens that believe that everyone else but them should pay - you kind of sound like one of those…… Are you??
Bernie is right, of course, but his pleas fall on deaf ears. The idea that we have a functional democracy is laughable. Congress is a millionaire's club, beholden to corporate power. Ordinary people survive on their wits, and on the scraps that fall from the tables of the ruling class. The vote itself, is a sham. Vote for whom? Politicians on both sides of the aisle are feathering their own nests, at our expense. As George Carlin said, its a big club, and we're not in it.
He's one of the millionaire problems. This man is nothing more than a normal socialist/ communist. He helped start the problems we are having in our country.
Thank you, Bernie. I can't express how grateful i am that you speak for me and for my children and my siblings - STRUGGLING!!! I was born in 1964. You are a Godsend, as youve always been. 🙏❤ ✨
A dollar an hour wage raise??? Normally it's a 10¢-25¢ raise per hour on average!! Anything over a 50¢ raise is a miracle in today's job market!! They don't reward you for staying or loyalty anymore. Job hopping to higher wages guarantees a higher raise than if you stay under the same company.
@@loris3595 "Companies are the problem because they make money off of voluntary exchange with consumers. Let me fix this by forcing everyone to pay even more money to my unsuccessful government program."
I’m so sick of Bernie not being in charge!!! I can’t help but wonder what my life would be like if he’d been making all the rules for the last 8 years! I love you Bernie!!!!
I feel the same way about Senator Sanders political ideologies, however, it's important to remember that had he won, like President Biden, he'd still have faced head on opposition by Republicans in Congress, who'll support something (and someone) as radical and un-American as P2025, to feather their own nests.
@@ssaberwolf No, Oligrachy and double standards under the law are the sharp end of the stick. Corruption is the sharp end of the stick. Socialism and communism are even more rigid in addressing these issues and fail to provide equality and quality of life and living conditions which they promise. Too much government is even worse than too little. Like everything in nature, balance is needed.
@@davidr3857 Americans have been pavlov-trained to shut off their brains and assume the fetal position as soon as someone says the word "Socialism". What the US needs is to have a grown-up discussion about how the opportunities, risks, and benefits of our economy are shared and that policies the majority wants. All human economic activity is shared effort i.e. cooperation and the State is involved in every transaction (even before taxes) by enforcing or not enforcing contracts. The State decides what you own and don't own-- if you take a car parked on street it is a question of law and State enforcement of the law that decides if the car is yours. If you get 100 dollars of income the 100 is not yours unless the State says so-- if you owe taxes on the income, then not all 100 are yours. If the income is for a hit job, zero dollars of the income are yours. Just hating the State means there is no discussion about what rules make sense. Just complaining about every tax means there is no discussion about what the State should tax and how heavily. Nobody likes to pay taxes; but we need to grow up have the hard discussion.
@@bassafarside6071 You assume the State is an objective and fully functional entity. In reality the State now is a slave to corporations and the thugs behind them. In theory the idealised state exists on the back of the goodwill and intentions of those who constitute it and administer it. There may have been a time in the past that this was not a comical perspective on the operation of states. Unfortunately we are now well into a comically corrupt and farcically deranged phase of states. The last time we reached such a phase was the early 1930s. We are now there again. Socialism has become a pretence. The default position of a human is now bad. Dog eat dog.
MY FAVORITE RESPECTED AND APPRECIATED CONGRESSMAN! LET'S FIGHT FOR OUR PEOPLE! THE WEALTHY NEEDS TO PAY 33-35% INCOME TAXES! OUR NATION WOULD BE HEALTHIER! THANK YOU, BERNIE SANDERS IS OUR GUIDING LIGHT!!❤❤
Open Convention? That's a meaningless Republican talking point. Bernie's argument is that the entire US political system is literally owned by billionaires and large corporations. Even if the DNC allowed an "open" process, a genuinely pro-worker ticket would get zero funding.
This is why all companies would rather outsource service jobs and telephone jobs, cause they can pay international workers much lower than what the US law states you need to pay people. This why Trump bringing jobs back to US would be better for accountability and oversight of these damaging companies cause it would force them to be more equitable under US law
Do note: It is also how a SOCIETY gets rich. Wealth inequality does NOT create poverty, of any kind. The politicians are the main source of poverty in modern society. Inflation, only a small part of their programme, is the MAJOR problem leading to prices that are "too high" for the average person to deal with.
Lol it's always funny to see who is as desperate as Colin Kaepernick 😂. Just retire old man, he contributes to the oldiegarchy anyway. Politicians might as well have regimes.
Thank you Bernie for remembering the majority of people in our country who struggle to get by. Now, let’s see if our representatives show they care also!
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It shouldn’t take a billion dollars to chose a person for four years.
Yeah. That's a very good point.
It takes a lot more than that. A LOT more
Agree it's insanity
we would be a billion times better off if representatives were chosen by lottery...
@@likenothingdo Yeah, we need Tyrone Biggums up in the House.
Companies with a net of 500 billion should not be able to mass purchase single family homes
Agreed. Single family homes should be owned by single families, not corporations.
Or duplexes and small apartments
Agreed
Private equity at work devising the working and middle class.
They need to add hiking taxes for each home an entity owns
We are way past “becoming oligarchic society” the United States is an oligarchy.
how about we talk about burny being a backwards commie
We were based on a model (Rome) that failed. We must make systemic changes to our democracy, or face the same fate. If people have problems with migrants and immigrants, they really won't like the modern versions of Ostrogoths, Visigoths, and Vandals.
@HouseRavensong Due to the rapid change in technology, in addition to the good, it has created a few large corporations that have monopolized the industry. Anti-trust laws need to be enforced to benefit the many and not the few.
@@HouseRavensong Nothing wrong with immigrants so long as we can be selective. Opening the *floodgates* like this *brain dead* administration has is a complete *disaster!*
Gates, Soros ,Bezos, Waltons and 1000 Billionaires rule over Americans--Evil Reigns.
This man is an institution. He keeps soldiering on, despite decades of cowardly inaction on the part of government. God bless him! He never ceases to advocate for the common man. Though he be in his 80s, he never wearies nor tires of advocating for us. His messaging is always spot-on and never changes. Because the cowards refuse to do what is needful.
How I will miss Bernie when he’s gone and there is no one with his moral authority to speak like this.
Exactly. No one can fit this man shoes.
Honest. Direct. Courageous. Sensible. Like no other!
We desperately NEED & WANT hundreds of equally passionate (yet far far younger) Bernie Sanders across the entire great U.S.À. both in society in general & urgently & most definitely in Congress & the Presidency as well & more.
YES. If they had elected him President, we would be in so much better shape as a country. I mentally checked out when he was eliminated.
@Kris😊bhnaSingh-ow1ie
We are beyond “almost” oligarchy
meanwhile burny wants to give billions too illegals and forget the people living on the street
He's a little late for this warning
Way beyond.
@@notbob8252 he's not late, he is repeating what he and others have been saying all of this for years.
@noahpatterson5667fun fact: social media increases polarization. Congrats you’re part of the problem. One of many, strength in numbers. Sheep
The fact that ANY company would be too powerful for the United States government to “take on” tells you everything you need to know about our current system
the military industrial complex and the CIA or a secret unknown agency runs this country, by selecting a puppet like Biden they can control that's why they are anti trump because he doesn't want war he wants to make deals and they can not control him. The pentagon has failed every audit in history where does the money go nobody knows and that's the way they want it
the fact that when I read William Gibson in my teens in the 90's and this seemed so out of touch with my reality is sobering
I believe someone left it in good hands.
Its not that the companies are to powerful but corrupt politicians that protect them. Politicians are more interested in becoming richer then taking care of the average citizen. On top of it you have low information voters that don't even know who they are voting for except the D or R after their name.
Why would they take them on? They're the same people. Look where politicians and bureaucrats go after they leave "public" service.
People ask are you better today than 4 yrs ago when the question is are you better than your parents were 50 yrs ago...and the answer is an unequivocal NO!
70's kid here , and I see it now. Dad worked in Heating & Air, mom raised 2 kids, had 3 - 4 vacations a year , quiet neighborhood with a house an yard....
4 years ago? What about 20 years ago? Answer is still no
@@phillipellison4758
Very true.
Kids could afford to buy their own first car too.
My very first brand new Mustang II Hatchback cost $4200!
My pride and joy that I bought myself.
50 years ago...Watergate Scandal, impeachment hearings against Richard Nixon and his resignation nation. There was an energy crisis due to an oil embargo and gas lines. Ted Bundy was still on his murder spree and the War in Vietnam still raged on. I don't remember it being so great. The inflation rate was 12.3%. Today it went down to 2.9. Check your facts.
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Why don’t we ever take him seriously. He’s telling the truth.
it’s because all the major news networks aren’t broadcasting bernie and people like him. and if major news aren’t broadcasting him, then the average person thinks he must not be worth the time.
In my opinion, what bernie is saying and what similar sentiments that have been expressed in government should he HEADLINE news. but as long as there’s no money in it for the news networks that’ll never happen.
because both parties are in the money of the oligarchs and the news media organizations are owned by same said oligarchs
@@jalensoto187 That and also coupled with the fact that people are afraid he's a "commy", "socialist" or "communist" and dismiss him without any real understanding. This is a serious problem in America.
@@nensondubois absolutely, most americans are quick to agree that it's important that we do our own research, but then not actually take their own advice.
Because he thinks Kamala is a smart and capable candidate
The lobby system should be illegal
I think the Bible calls it bribery and it's one of the reasons God judged Israel. Along with worshipping false gods and not letting the land rest the sabbath year.
smartest comment here its legal bribery and both red a blue teams participate just the same
Best comment!
No, it should be revised to become more regulated and transparent. There are downsides to it being gone altogether. I’ve read extensively about it so I recommend you do so also
Been saying that for years
Since I did study case on US’s politics
We've had an oligarchy problem for decades
Edit: Oligarchal structures have grown out of democracies since ancient greece. Seems like any and every structured system develops some kind of power consiladation. Idk, it all sucks. People suck. Taxes suck.
It started with Reagan in the 80s. We've been going down hill since then.
Since 1913 to be honnest . December 23rd . Look up what happened that day
The bill was signed for the federal reserve to come into effect … world wars happened. Slowly but surely over 100 years later ,, the wealth has fully moved up … and the states are collapsing very slowly … just like time before , its last few hundred years look eerily similar to what America is doing
This is not a new thing. It's been made worse by Democrats and Republicans together, for hundreds of years. Government would be a good answer, only if the government stopped with the rights violations that methods like forced wealth redistribution, inflationary schemes, rent control, etc, constitute. It is those very tactics that have caused damage for so long, consistently.
@@hadesunderworld4203 No. I disagree the opposite happened. Wilson intended to tax the richest at that time. Reagan did the opposite. Remember "Trickle down" from Reagan? There never was a trickle down. Reagan gave tax breaks to wealthiest, broken apart unions, etc.
Does anyone remember the American dream ? You know , if you worked hard, you could afford to have a home and a family ? Boy, were we lied to .
Like they say...American dream bc you gotta be asleep to believe it!😴 Dream on....
It can still be done. It’s just not as easy as in the past. You will never get rich working a job. Invest what you can.
Look up the documentary Hollywoodism. It's about how a certain group of religious people developed Hollywood, fabricated the 'American Dream'... They then pulled the rug out from under us.
American Dream was killed by the 1913 Federal Reserve Act on Jekyll Island.
And go to college!! Debt debt debt! Ball and chain forever
We should have Had 8 years of Bernie, he would have dog walked Trump. Hilary owes us all an apology
The DNC took the nomination away from Bernie who could have beaten Trump -- but we got corrupt Hillary because they wanted to erase the threat of Bernie -- it's a one party system -- the property party
a BIG guilty party for that is the entire democratic party - they basically blacklisted Bernie despite the public majority support he gained
Absofuckinglutely.
Bernie couldn't handle light questions from Bill Maher, he would've gotten his ass handed to him.
Its fun to imagine and hope that being the case but it just wouldn't happen.
How about we audit every politician to see how they got so wealthy, while many can't afford to live.
berni and his wife are real estate vampires my dude!
They'll pass a law preventing to be audited while in office, then pass a law preventing their prosecution after leaving office.
Mike Johnson had an estimated net worth of -$32,501 in 2018. In 2024, he had an estimated net worth of over $6 Million.
@@septembercajun6208 that rino's got to go, he should come out and let the wlorld know he's a democrat, let's see his PRIDE
I'd rather audit the people that vote for them, they're even more dangerous
Maybe senators need to earn 40k a year to see what it's like
mandatory...with no overtime.
Doesn't matter, if it's still legal for them to take bribes.
How bout 30k let them see what it’s like to pay for food or bills not both.
Doesn't matter they get paid by the corporate interests on the side.
They should have to live on what social security provides
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽I’m not left or right, I’m just an American who’s wants better for our country. No evil, No greed, NO CORRUPTION, NO more little people working day after day paycheck to paycheck with high rent, high healthcare, no time to look after kids, family, and a mountain to climb to own a home! But you can’t because your living paycheck to paycheck high bills, and a car breaking down and healthcare!!!! Day after day paycheck to paycheck just to have your clock run and die. Think about how much time is put in just to pay bills. This man is looking out for America. Bless him.👏🏽
Amen
That sounds pretty leftist to me.
Senator Bernie Sanders is one of the very few (but growing number!) of politicians I trust to do what's right for people all day, every day.
Up Down Left Right Backward Forward who cares
@@fwdcnorac8574For someone with a Snake profile pic, you should know that neither side is on our side.
Bernie Sanders is the only person in all of congress that gives me a tiny shred of hope for a better future. if only there were more like him.
He does bring up extremely valid truths here. Obvious truths that nobody else seems to be talking about. It is just too bad he wouldn’t make it as an independent….because I’d bet he has to vote “for” tons of policy he is talking against here, just to make it through elections. Far left handout crap that is great for young votes, but bad economic policy.
When people struggle to eat, empires fall. Plain and simple
10/10 times.
The hightest rate of childhood poverty is just sickening. Ultra wealth shouldn;t be admired but shamed. An embarrasment of riches.
There is no reason any American should be hungry. Nobody on these lands should be hungry but we are the one place that cares more about profits then PEOPLE! Vote for the American people not for the greed of CORPORATIONS OR POLITICIANS!!!!
People work for their money. Why should they have to give it up for those who don't?
@@pamb4105 Did you watch the video? People who are working are struggling too...
why you think they're called "filthy"rich...? 😬🤭
Do you honestly believe they worked that nuch harder than the average worker. It's not "smarts" either. It's immoral attitudes that lets them take advantage of ppl. For instance, i just heard Kroger is using illegal immigrants to farm their land because it's super cheap. @pamb4105
3 people having more money than 160 million is insane.
Time to play Robin Hood then.
@@Kyle-w9h is that a snarky remark implying I should save 160 million people? It’s objectively insane and it’s more crazy to poke fun assuming you’re not one of the THREE people
@@HaikesXO Can see that went way over your head, shame.
It’s billion….
The USA 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
This man pointed out the issue in one speech. This was perfect. Sadly people will not care.
This should air on like channel 6 world news- the damn truth
im 45 yrs old and make only 15.73 hr working for chipotlee and I cant make it! im about to loose my house soon! and I have a hot dog cart selling outside a bar at night, trying hard to to survive.. all I do is work.. and I cant keep up.. please help us working people!
Why is that the only skill set you have?
@@charetjcHe probably did not have rich parents to go to uni.
Sorry to hear that, Dave. Keep your chin up mate- you'll make it with your work ethic 🙏🏻
@@charetjcNot everyone has a high iq or skilled at a trade. We still need people to do menial labor and be able to survive…
I'm so sorry you're in this situation
AMEN! I am a disabled, homeless, woman, living in an RV, in Richmond CA. Even though I am parked on land owned by the city of Richmond, I am being evicted by UC Berkeley police simply because the street that I am parked on is ADJACENT to land owned by UC Berkeley. I am not in anyone's way, I am not surrounded by garbage, I am not blocking the street or sidewalks. This is a clear case of rich people doing everything in their power to erase the rights of poor people, simply because they can. If you have money, you are allowed to get away with anything. If you don't have money, the mere act of existence is now considered a crime.
I'm so sorry for your plight. I wish you strength and perseverance in your struggles.
CA is a state with progressives in position of power - Bernie's kind of people. You should be happy.
@@jessitaran763 sadly wealth is power & has been throughout history. Finding a way to fix this is complex: it ends up being an ongoing problem with no perfect solution.
Dude.. if you're homeless, just save whatever money you have and move to Florida or Arizona. If you stay there, you will be in a sinking ship of liberalcrats.
@@DuncanWilliamsOFFICIAL so just ignore the gospel’s call to feed the hungry, clothe the poor & care for the vulnerable. I hope you never have anything happen to make you vulnerable and need of care. Don’t fool yourself I’ve seen happen to people of means don’t delude yourself that you can’t become vulnerable, no matter how prepared you are; your life can be turned upside down by things you can’t predict. I pray it never happens to you but don’t delude yourself it can’t: I’ve seen millionaires suddenly lose it all through unforeseen circumstances. Vulnerability can get the best prepared.
Welcome to the Corporate States of America where the greatest crime is being poor because you are not a consumer
One become poor by being a consumer, the money problems of the poor people in the US is that they don't know how to save money.
@@mannyechaluce3814 no justice must be brought nobody gets a fair hearing without spending fortunes. They force insurance without providing it forcing you to do business with private corporations. You don't even have privacy anymore because they let corporations spy on everyone. This is the Corporate States of America where only the rich are protected if we have rights it shouldn't cost us to have them
@@mannyechaluce3814 the estimation for how long someone has to go without any major problems (health conditions, getting hurt, losing a job, so on) is 20 years for them to reasonably make it out of the lower class. There are programs offering classes to low income people about how to save money, which is awesome. But you have to remember that being poor comes with a lot of barriers to upward mobility and the lack of knowledge on how to save money effectively isn’t something many low income people know because we don’t teach that in public schools (especially underfunded schools).
@@mannyechaluce3814 Yes, it is true that "poor people in the US" don't know how to save money. Unfortunately, the working poor have no money to save. Respectfully.
@@mannyechaluce3814if you live paycheck to paycheck you cant save anything.
I miss hearing Mr. Bernie he is so smart & down for the working class… we need his voice‼️ Thank you 🫡
As long as Congress is PAID, our “representatives” will never care!
Paid and Bribe Taking from Big Corporations !
"Boughts"
@@RawJewel they are supposed to be servants. Problem is it’s so complex in today’s world they couldn’t do their jobs without some support. Maybe term limits, but then end up with lack of depth. Surely needs addressing, but more complex in today’s world where corruption can so easily happen.
Make them understand the empathy of its American people by making them live off of the bottom pay rate let them see!!!
More like along as they can do insider trading and accept unlimited money we are screwed
This is very important but the majority of the general public will never hear it. People in power want us to fight with each other and look at the 'bad guy' over there so that we don't look at them. America needs a new Revolution
The usa is a democracy, we must be very careful with the word "revolution". I think we all like our democracy, the word you mean to say is rivalution
@@cruzfairfield3326The USA is not a democracy. If you listened to Bernie's speech you would hear how corporations basically BUY VOTES thus effectively giving them more political power than people. It is called Corporatism and it's basically like Oligarchy which is oppressive
This is the problem when you live in a capitalist society. United States is a business. It's not a country.
100% IT'S TIME FOR CHANGE, MONEY AND RELIGEON OUT OF POLITICS. ESPECIALLY MONEY!!!!
@@cruzfairfield3326US is a Democratic Republic
Obolish corporate political donations!
The only way that can happen is if Americans stop supporting the 90%+ of corporate politicians that make up congress... 😒
And teach children how to spell abolish.
* Abolish, but yes, I FULLY AGREE with that idea. Also, donations should have a cap of $1,000 to max $1,500 per person eligible to vote.
People are supporting these politicians who take money from them.
@@gaylehudson7267 Crossbreeding "obolus" and "abolish".
Love Bernie, I wish you were running,I would vote for you in a heartbeat,irregardless of your age. You know what you are talking about.
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*regardless
Bernie is right what he says needs to be changed. There is NO middle class. Just working poor.
He is right but no one is listening.
Go figure!
@@mrpunchy497 his people created that problem. LOL.
@@VndNvwYvvSvv Exactly!!!!! There WAS a middle class until this last administration. And HE is one of those billionaires so what is he talking about?
@@bakinglady1009 Worse than just an "elite", but descended from .. perpetrators of great acts of... Undoing in Russia and many other places. I can't even use the words here, but you don't need to be a Christian to see how John 8:44 is related to M. Mordecai Levi and the Romanovs. Sorry for being so indirect, but you know...
@@Rob-vk3ss Bernie must have been so disgusted at how the corporate Oligarchy tossed Old Joe aside and chose Kamala that he decided enough is enough.
"The world has enough for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed", America is the perfect example
In my opinion: Unfortunately that's an populist fallacy. If you think how many bottles of water get sold & how much pollution they make when not recycled in contrast to cigarettes you can see how price contributes to a major reduction in environmental waste.
If there weren't any rich people circulating their hords of $, there simply won't be any money for anything. There's a difference between hording greed & circulating responsible values for obtainable capital.
Without attainable capital, equity means nothing & interest rates go way up.
Oh, it's all greed isn't it with the liberal socialist?
Money can't come cheap or free because it will be wasted. Education has been a huge waste for a lot of people when there is no attainable capital to be had because they obviously spent money they hadn't known the value of just to buy themselves a good job on a loan.
It's basically bottled water vs cigarettes thinking..
@@opinionsvary your entitled to your opinion but that still doesn’t change the fact that half of the 8 billion people in world are still in poverty in 2024. Billionaires and trillionaires can definitely do more than they are currently doing, don’t lie to yourself.
@@Granted_Health_and_WellnessIn my opinion: It's not a matter of drinking the liberal Koolaid, it's that they buy bottled water & supposedly can't afford it. It can fairly be said not everyone can handle the responsibility of containing a natural resource without destroying it over a unappreciated access to it due to a irresponsible price point. Unless there's a hurricane coming or you have a travel trip planned, there is no sensible reason to allow cheap bottles of water to be conveniently placed within the grasp of the urban inhabitant.
You speak of "opinions" even though two examples of why liberals don't understand what being rich is all about. If they truly were evil & all greedy, just like aforementioned equity, money would disappear entirely. Then you ask how would someone support themselves or their families. That's not a problem the greedy should care about, but the rich people solve all the time.
The academic argument is even with the best education, there will always be poor people being mainly flawed within their situational lives. They want unattainable liberty without the virtue of conventional wisdom.
If reality seems opinionated, I like to hear your take on what makes one impoverished.
It's fair to say people are incredibly lucky today considering the responsible have to keep the irresponsible in prospective order.
They waste then ask for more. The rich give more, the poor spend all they have on convince. Maybe they're poor because of convenient spending access.
Come on, I'd like to hear an "opinionated" example besides character attacks of emotional latent dichotomy.
@@Granted_Health_and_Wellness In my opinion: Obama's financial planners use real estate & inflated market values to hedge debt for people that want what they can't afford. That's why the bubble popped & were about to have a devastating market crash should the media people talk about real analytics.
They can get a second job & live in their mommy's apartment until they find the men's section at the department store.
On a different note, their problems aren't anyone else's concern when you can start your own business. Got a dog poop pick up service in our community so maybe they're just incredibly lazy.
@@Granted_Health_and_Wellness I can't believe all the billions and trillions of dollars spent on weapons. No one seem to care about the human tragedy of comptetition for resources.
Bernie you always speak the truth based on your being a Senator for decades and knowing our broken systems all around. You are so truthful coming from humble beginnings yourself, in the 1940s, that people of Vermont see it and KEEP VOTING YOU IN EVERY TERM. I wish other Americans vote intelligently as Vermonters. Thanks a million.
I wish we could reset Bernie's and Joe's ages. They are both great leaders! Imagine if they were 35 years younger. Add in Buttigieg, Warren, Walz, AOC (after she gains more experiential wisdom), and others. Add in Cheney, Kitzinger, and Romney on the Republican side. What a great bipartisan group we could have!
Infortunately, the really great men in this world never got their shot for positions of real power to change things.
Nobody needs health insurance; Everybody needs health care.
Taxpayer funded health care for only legal citizens
@@wkb8326including able bodied individuals that aren’t working/school and aren’t looking for work?
The food system is corrupt.
@@wkb8326we simply can't pay for the entire worlds healthcare. Yes. Citizens only. We need to define specifically what a citizen is and who specifically qualifies
If you can pay for it you should have access to it ! Government has no business being mommy or daddy. Stealing from one to give to the other !
Falling on deaf ears unfortunately. The room is practically empty. Goes to show how much they care.
It is not that people do not care, but rather that companies have become adept at distracting and neutering people
The room is always empty for important topics.
It needs to be mandatory to attend. Anyone else would get fired from their job for not showing up.
lone voice crying out in the wilderness.
I don't care much for Bernie Sanders either.
Bless this man he truly cares about the American people. He has been talking about the same issues for decades. He is the type of public figure we need more of. ❤
He made his money by buying his own books with PAC money. He doesn't care about the average person in America.
He's a fool
AMEN !
Hard agree.
What I’m impressed with is the greater number of people being bold enough to post statements in support of people like Sanders in channels like Forbes 😄 normally it’s a pro-GOP/Trump/Rich Folks echo chamber in here, Fox News, WSJ, etc. Guess Harris galvanized people more than I could have imagined!
GOD BLESS YOU MR. SANDERS!!!!!!!
The poverty issue is insane in this country. It’s so sad to me.
Open borders will fix it
Taxing the rich would fix it. You think republicans have any desire to fix immigration? It's one of their most important wedge issues. They shot down the bill that would have helped.
Alleviation of narcissism and psychopathy will fix it
I know why our healthcare systems are broken. Insurance companies and greed.
Add lazy incompetent new hires.
@@a.p.5429Wow hot take. Blame the lowest person on the totem pole.
Nationalize healthcare and tax private cover
Remember the Reagan 80s? "Greed is good" was the motto. And here we are. The middle-class is gone. It's a handful of rich people and everyone else struggling and suffering just to get by.
As I've said: You have health insurance? No you don't. People like Bernie Sanders are selling you a pipe dream. He doesn't want "Scandinavia" as he's suggested. He wants Soviets. He wants the worst of what you already HAVE in your system. Trump lowered taxes to MATCH Scandinavia. Think about that for a second. If the media brainwashed you, as Sanders claims, then how come the media constantly is bringing up his own talking points? 3D chess? No. The establishment is not what you've been told that it is.
What you actually need is industry. Real, unregulated (Yes, in the true sense of the word, speaking only of honest work) professionalism. Catering to genuine consumer needs. You do NOT have this for the most part in the current system. You do NOT have customer service or competition on the most important of points.You have the sort of systems that Bernie and thousands of other politicians world over, century after century, have implemented.
I wish that everyone in the house and the representatives and the governors and the senators get paid $13 an hour for the rest of their life. Let’s see how quick that book changes.😡
They make thier money off bribes, you don't get rich off salary in the house or senate
No, they should get paid only what they deserve. $10.49 per hour!
I go with pay them more, but tie it to performance more like the private sector, add term limits, no insider trading, and some accountability. We want the best, the best costs, but I don't want to support them for life while they bleed us dry in every way they can.
Every elected Congressperson should be required to work their entire first year for their state’s minimum wage with NO outside help or money from donors, and a one-week paid vacation and health insurance at the end of their first year. Afterward, they can get a $1.00 raise per hour per year, plus an extra week of vacation until they reach four years. Then no extra vacations. That would certainly lower the costs of elections because many fewer people would want to run. But they would certainly learn how many of “the rest” of us live, and maybe start making laws to help US workers.
Then they'd take even more bribes. We are already run by corporations. Citizen''s United has to be rescinded, ethics laws enforced and the Supreme Court overhauled and subject to strict ethics laws, as well.
Love you Bern 🩵 Wish you were my President 💙
Facts. Corporations being able to give money to campaigns gives them too much say in our democracy. Corporations are not people.
Well at the time the government/law decided that corporations would be seen as an individual, nobody stood and did anything about it. Legally corporations are seen as an entity, an individual in every sense except physical reality.
Thank Mitch McConnell. And yes many people tried to stop it.
Look at who's on the boards of Corps, its politicians!
Corporations are people very rich people , but people
@@ckennedy1973 lmao no. The CEOs and profit holders are people. Not the corporations themselves.
Rapidly becoming? It is. The monopoly of retail groceries is a prime example of our immoral economy.
The markup on groceries is small., perhaps 1 to3 %. The root cause is high energy that increases cost on every entity that handles the food including transportation.
@@ronaldmoravec2692 they make billions in profits, there are no energy issues except on the local scale. Housing is a good example of pricegouging
Monopoly of retail groceries? Place the blame where it belongs! This current administration recklessly printed and spent our tax dollars to foreign countries and in support of criminal aliens with a boatload of unnecessary domestic spending as well, this current government administration has sought to recreate the Weimar Republic history in America.
Not utilizing our own national petroleum deposits has also made everything more expensive and contributed to our American inflation under this destructive administration.
@@jackjeffery1536we should have moved from oil in the '70s and energy would be a lot cheaper now.
Something MUST be done about grocery prices!!! THEY ARE COMPLETELY OUT OF CONTROL!!!!
yeah and they will !! higher prices again and big company pockets get fatter !!
Even Ramon noodle soup is too high as if it might keep you alive until you die of malnutrition.
And the ingredients are killing us slowly Bioengineered ingredients
@@jameskelly6479 That is the staple food of most students, that or a loaf of white bread
You've never traveled abroad have you. Or gone to a country that's in a war or a country that's been attacked by American economic hit men or been sanctioned by the US. This is nothing
This man should be our president 100%
Bernie Sanders, maybe you should ask some of the congressmen to try to live on $1500 a month.Maybe if they do that literally they will understand just what it is to be a senior citizen with very little money and how hard it is to get through a month
Yes, indeed, Daniel, that this is so true. Ironically, Bernie, albeit not in an obscene degree, but he's not short of a buck!
Oh they understand. They just dont care.
@@Kittiesinclair5 -- I don't if your referring to a couple of specific aspects of Bernir's talk or it as a whole - or whatever? But the tragic reality of ALL the English speaking nations is dire. And I know because I've been to and through them all.
I'm just viewing a RUclips titled:
MR BEAN (Rowan Atkinson) - Communist Britain: Free Speech.
I will encourage you to google it up and have a gander Only came out an hour ago.
that money went to Ukraine a long time ago. Bernie fought s hard as he could to send all your money to a bunch of torchlight parade nazi's
In fairness, Bernie Sanders has been preaching shared wealth his entire life to people who are stone-deaf. Bernie Sanders is to me the custodian of the soul of America. He has fought hard for those who are disadvantaged in every context, be it in the form of health, wealth or homelessness, amongst other key issues like the Palestinians in Gaza.
I freakin’ love this man… he is true American gem… not a sell out… not a panderer… no a con artist… just compassion for “The Regular Folks”
Love you Bernie!! Always fighting for us!!!!
💙🤜🏽🤛🏼💙🇺🇸
Kennedy 2024. The only Candidate for the working class.
@@Katierose040:
I remember JFK and no his nephew (or whatever relative he is) would not be a good leader of any kind since he’s an alcoholic!
@@Katierose040 Lmao I would argue that Bernie is for the people more than a relic of one of the US most famous families.
Me TOO ♥♥♥💚💛🧡💙💚💙💙💙💜
People are in the lower income bracket by choice. Billionaires create the working class. People voluntarily exchanged their money to them. It’s ok to be wealthy, there is nothing bad about that. The only reason why people in America are poor is because they choose to be or because of government intervention in the marketplace. Billionaires aren’t the problem here.
In his last days and he’s spending his time warning us about what’s happening. I hope enough people listen. God bless this man
I think honestly we are in a Corporatocracy!
Form of oligarchy anyway, just oligarchs being heads of large corporations instead of solitary businessmen
"Corporation" is like BigFoot--lots of experts in the field, but nobody has actually ever seen one.
In communism, corporations rule
No it's a kakistocracy
@@curlyjc Same thing.
They hate him because he speaks the truth.
That's correct
He talks the talk, but then turns around and still endorses the same people who are the problem
@@pwetty4r4exactly!!!!
Is that why it seems like he's talking to an empty room? Where is everyone? Did they care so little about what he has to say that they all decided to take a lunch break just then?
@@pwetty4r4 he has shifted democratic policies further left than anyone. We would not even be considering medicare for all without him and people like him.
We need a salary raise or better consumer protection. Low salary and less consumer protection is making life harder for many.
I'm one of the 25% of Seniors that live on less than $15,000 a year. If it wasn't because I live in a Blue State, where subsidized housing, Food Stamps and Medicaid are reasonably accessible, I'd be living in a homeless shelter, or out of my car...or not living at all.
What it means is that the slave owners are still i n charge.
Forgot as a nation this was why we left Europe. George Washington was Independant.
Shut up bot
Bolshevik popularism to be specific.
The rich rule over the poor,
and the borrower is slave to the lender.
Fair distribution of wealth makes people united, healthy society, and strong stable country. Blessed be Mr. Sanders for talking the hard true facts!
It’s breaking the social contract. No one cares about the laws anymore because they have nothing to lose. They have no stake in the future.
And who decides what is fair? The people that have less than the other guy ?
@@Stomp409 yeah, that’s the thing I mean if I oversimplified, it’s the Republican to make all the money and the far left Democrats to come up with ways to take it and spend it. I mean we have to have living wages. Every wage should be a living wage what is so hard about that. But Republicans want to have starter, wages, teenage wages, part-time wages, and all of that crap. And corporations like Walmart find ways to make sure their workers are just part time worker so they’re not do any medical our health insurance, and they’re told where, and how to apply for government aid.
Wages pretty much stagnated for the past 40 years pretty much since the Reagan revolution tax cuts have gone to corporations corporations to become people and this is actually one of the reasons why Mr. Trump is popular because people are hurting and he feels their pain like good old Bubba Clinton. Of course Trump has no solutions… But he makes them feel good like Reagan did but it in A very pale imitation. Anyway, voodoo economics didn’t work. Giving corporations and rich people, tax cards does doesn’t work. But just having a wealth tax so that if you have stuff and you have assets, we’re going to confiscate those assets and somehow re-distribute them magically sprinkling the love all over. Everyone is also not going to be very workable.
Do you know we are what we are we’re not some Scandinavian country what’s 40% tax rate in a big social safety net. That’s not part of our history and that’s not part of our character… It’s amazing that FDR did what he was able to do and crazy old LBJ was able to do what he did. I mean most people have no money and no savings it was the unions that made the middle class and now I think 3% of the people are in Union Station… They’ve got no pensions. Everyone is hoping for their Social Security which the Republicans want to privatize.
There’s plenty of money in this country… And plenty of sickness and hunger and homelessness. It’s very interesting that any plan to make America great again. Doesn’t seem to address these things. Just about being powerful in the world and having cheaper gas.
Blessed Mr. Sanders for being too kind and not damning these bastards to hell when he ran for president and had the primaries rigged against him twice.
@@Stomp409
billionaires are a luxury WE can no longer afford.
I’m from Arkansas and can tell you we’ve been there. We largely stopped being racist long along ago and started being classist. It’s not about black or white it’s been about us vs them my whole life.
Correct
Exactly. Reminds me of Obama calling the country racist while he tearfully takes up a hobby of collecting beachfront mansions.
how is Bernie not the democrat nominee for president ? i cant stand who they have now .
Racism is a tier of class separation, even a tool to distract
Same way that Hillary was anointed in 2016 and Bernie was pushed aside. He wants to cut off the gravy train and they dont like it.@marleonetti7
Go Bernie 🎉😊
Shitty taxation and the use of lobbyists is only part of the problem of how we got here. We’ve been an oligarchy for at least 2 decades.
And TRUMP GAVE THEM ANOTHER BONE 2ND THING HE DID!!!!!!😮
Doesn't matter what the tax rate is. Government collects about 15-17% of GDP each year in taxes. Tax the rich is a lie the communists ("progressives") use to con working people into thinking they're fighting for them. Here's the con:
1. Dems pass huge spending bills "for the people."
2. Then they dole out the government spending to their rich friends.
3. Then their RINO corporate pals (as controlled opposition) use inflation as an excuse to raise prices.
4. Oops corporations make huge profits. How did that happen!
5. Dems cry foul...since, ya know...they're "for the people" and say "Capitalism bad...mmmkay. Join our unions!"
6. Dems collect union dues. Corps collect profits. Both go back to their communist pals in D.C. including the RINO's who "oppose" Dems.
Cycle repeats.
Election are r9gged so they continue to be re-elected. Watch "Uncounted: the New Math in American Elections" (2008) on RUclips and "Let My People Go" (2023) on another platform which pays tribute to the J6ers and shows the r8gging system (starting about 37 min mark).
It started with the communist Democrats and their unions who controlled the party with donations. Commies took over union leadership in the mid-90's starting with the AFL-CIO and John Sweeney. Then moved from union to union.
Watch "Agenda: Grinding America Down" (traces Marxism from 1920's Frankfurt School to today's Democrats) and "Agenda 2: Masters of Deceit by Curtis Bowers" (infiltration of institutions...unions, churches, schools, etc.).
Glenn Beck also does a great special..."The Great Reset: Joe Biden and the Rise of 21st Century Fascism" (think you have to go to his website to find it or that other platform).
Corporate lobbying in the '80's and China started buying politicians with "elite capture." Communist globalists started with military-industrial complex building the unelected administrative state (not to mention Fauci with government-funded academic research and Big Pharma.
UN is heavily involved along with WHO, WEF, IMF, IPCC, etc. All pushing their UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development puppies and rainbows 17 goal con games to distract and divide while centralizing power behind the scenes. Now they're trying to cement their "public-private" partnerships which are really public-public partnerships.
Lying communists organized globally push Agenda 2030 based on DEI to divide & distract while centralizing unelected power in global agencies & one world govt.
Digital passport = chain.
ESG social credit score = whip.
All-electric AI surveillance grid.
Incidentally, John Birch Society has been sounding the warning for years as well.
Here's the solution...the MSM won't utter a word about it since it strips the globalists of their power. .... If you really want to fix the problem and vote out the communist globalist overlords you call oligarchs, secure the elections and vote Trump who will put you and America first. He wants a strong America. That's why they hate him (plus he interrupted their coup in 2016). ................... They want to tear us down and erase all borders everywhere so they can have their unelected one world government. ................ Watch "Let My People Go" (Nov, 2023, David Clements, free) which will show you the problems with our elections. Share it with others. Organize and confront local officials to ditch machines blinding central control, return counting from centers to precinct level and make sure all ballots are cast by legal citizens. ................. That's how to defeat their coup, secure your freedom and return things to normal with opportunity for all.
My first apartment, 1972, Houston was $150 everything included. Now, $1200 plus water bill, electric bill, gas bill, and trash pick up. All day paying bills just to live.
In 1995, my mortgage payment for a 3 bd 2 bath rancher was $310 a month and that's with 8% interest. This isnt oligarchy.. this is just flat out greed. My property tax was $200 .. now its over $2000. Greed
Is it strategic or better to have gas and electricity or is that some sort of ploy by the city/state to generate income. I understand having gas for emergencies if the electricity goes out.
@@ATdaSPIDERMANa lot of people have gas heat for the house because it’s more efficient and cheaper than resistive electric heating. Not really the case anymore because of heat pumps unless you live somewhere really cold. Some people keep it for gas stoves though.
Clueless people, raising minimum wage, taxing corporations and rent control cause inflation not mitigate it.
@megazombiekiller9000 oh ok.... Thanks for info.
Never In History has Politicians had it so good.
About $200k Salary, great insurance, Life time Benifits, insider knowledge to make Great Stock Purchases and Selling to make Millions.
they behind laws that they created to protect themselves.
Not to forget he is a communist !
@kttba77, Right? And never has the working middle class have had it so bad
That we taxpayers are paying for too. But we can’t get a good salary that we actually work for. Pay for our own healthcare and benefits.
@lori64lg well that ain't true. It has been and can be a lot worse.
There will never be a fighter like Bernie thank you Bernie much love
Bernie really has a way with words. He is on point with almost everything he said. People should listen to this, no matter your political party.
Man , I've tried to get people to listen the last 15 years. I can't compete with FOX cable platform.
He’s a socialist ….
@@aquariuswagewar7658 I'd rather have someone like Bernie fighting for me than the beloved capitalists that run this country with their wallets. When/if you retire, make sure to deny your social security if you hate socialism.
@aquariuswagewar7658 yet this socialist is one of the only politicians who's trying to get rid of legal bribery. The single thing that stops the U.S from making progress. The people are too dumb to realize that cause the boogeyman aka the socialist.
@@aquariuswagewar7658Facts don't care about your labels
Big corporations are also controlling politicians and the passing or squashing of bills too
Bernie Sanders is the best president that America never had.
Thank you Bernie Sanders, your the man,
It’s been that way for years now. The richest people in this nation are the ones who run it with their “donations”
You mean the "Sanders"??
@@MindUrBiznss No, I said what I meant.
Not donations. Self-ordained pay raises, no-cost insurance and self-legislated inside trading
In the past though there was a lot more competition between the super wealthy and the constitution was taken a little more seriously plus the media and journalists generally opposed and exposed the ruling class when they went too far, but today all the major media works for them. And worst of all the majority of the top top guys are working together in many ways as opposed to competing. The world economic forum for example. All the most powerful people in the world either through political power or wealth meet to discuss how they want to shape the world. Its an unofficial global confederacy practically. When they work together there's no checks or balance. There are few powerful billionaires who oppose the large cartel but they won't last long unless something changes.
@@MindUrBiznssok MAGA we know an we see you 💯
I wish he’s been president. He is a man of rare integrity.
😂😂
😂🤣😅 I had never heard a Communist joke before. Pretty funny!
Soon to be Vice president Tim Walz is just as progressive as Burnie, and Kamala seems ok letting him go to town. Hope is not lost!
@sarahm9723 you clearly don't even know the definition of communism 🤡
@MrDisgruntledGamer1 he won't be vice president and kamala won't be president 🤣
Holy crap. 3 people have the wealth of 160 million people. I am baffled. This actually is mindblowing and eye opening. I had no idea it was this bad
Let's be clear, if you don't have a good system, reversing that does not fix anything. You just knock it down a few tiers. It's important to set up the system before you simply go after the 1%. Going after the 10% will be harder. At least with the 1% you have fewer numbers to work against you.
Yeah, and here’s the worst part… we live in a country with more guns than people and all the people are too complacent and not angry enough to do anything about any of it.
Robert Reich did a post a year or two back showing in graphic form the nature of the disparity. It's frankly stunning
@@anthonylosegohow? Do we do it?
And those 160 million people have *less* than nothing due to debt. Their debt is proportional to the wealth of those three people.
The “People of this nation are being ignored in our Poverty”
Kudos to Bernie Sanders for standing up for the American people!!
We are a oligarchy! We aren't a democracy!
Democracy is relative, not absolute
@@timothyrussell4445 we don't live in a democracy. You have been fed a lie. Do the people actually pic the president? The donors do. We live in a oligarchy!
@@EricAnderson-s8qI prefer plutocracy. Most people in politics get rich quick. Including Mr Sanders.
I thought we were a Republic.
This is like calling fire in a theater decades after the theater has lain in the ashes.
👍👍
but at least he is saying it publicly!
Sanders has been doing his best for decades, I mean, did you not pay attention to his presidential campaigns? What's the point of you belittling his ongoing efforts. What exactly is the point of that? Did you also belittle Occupy Wall Street?
Ur are a real fool if u think he is just now speaking up for the people…
Be fair. Sen Sanders was saying this when the blaze was even getting started. Just nobody called the fire brigade.
BRAVO Senator Bernie Sanders.
I love your policy suggestions.
I hope this country will go in YOUR DIRECTION.😊
Bernnie is Correct. and. In the USA. You Need A lot of money to Get Education, Healthcare , A House , Car, and even to to Burried when you die of Stress.
Very powerful speech Bernie. Hits home with me pretty hard. I know there are good people in America still. We need change. The politicians are supposed to reflect us and our needs, the majority economic class, more so than the 1%. That is not the case and it's sad and terrifying. We need a systematic clean sweep and change
RFK 2024
Bernie should have been president a long time ago!
The cowed him. I wish he was but he allowed himself to be pushed out.
Yes that the same thing I was thinking watching this
Those oligarchs made sure he wouldn’t get close to the White House! This country is being run by Wall Street, Corporations and greed!
He’s good at talking but his track record hasn’t shown he can walk the walk
Greedy corporations wouldn’t allow it. Ever!
Again and Again...Bernie lays down TRUTH... and By God when we we deal with these truths !!!
This is the HERO we need but we can’t get. This man can be called a HERO.
This guy is one of the biggest leaches in the government.
@rickbateman2401 the biggest leeches in government is all the red states that take more in government assistance than all the blue states. 😂
@@rickbateman2401explain urself then?
@@rickbateman2401lol you think a senator is the biggest leech in all of government?? wait till you hear about how much the gov gives industries in subsidies.
@@ThunderHOWL16 just curious - do you understand how much a business that makes zero profit pays in tax each year despite the fact that they don’t have to pay income tax?? Do you have any idea what the real cost of something would be if governments didn’t give back a SMALL portion of the money they get from businesses to subsidize you so you can stay at home on the couch or ride the bus at about 10% of the real cost?? The biggest leaches in society are not businesses or even politicians, they are citizens that believe that everyone else but them should pay - you kind of sound like one of those…… Are you??
Bernie is right, of course, but his pleas fall on deaf ears. The idea that we have a functional democracy is laughable. Congress is a millionaire's club, beholden to corporate power.
Ordinary people survive on their wits, and on the scraps that fall from the tables of the
ruling class. The vote itself, is a sham. Vote for whom? Politicians on both sides of the
aisle are feathering their own nests, at our expense. As George Carlin said, its a big club, and we're not in it.
If our votes were meaningless, there wouldn't be so much money spent to influence them.
He needs to sell his houses and start walking the walk!
So when are we going to do something about it?
Well said
He's one of the millionaire problems. This man is nothing more than a normal socialist/ communist. He helped start the problems we are having in our country.
Thank you, Bernie. I can't express how grateful i am that you speak for me and for my children and my siblings - STRUGGLING!!! I was born in 1964. You are a Godsend, as youve always been. 🙏❤ ✨
More action is needed on these issues. Health care and equal rights now!
Data says the U.S. wages went up. The reality is CEOs and executives got multimillion dollar raises while employees got maybe a dollar an hour raise.
A dollar an hour wage raise??? Normally it's a 10¢-25¢ raise per hour on average!! Anything over a 50¢ raise is a miracle in today's job market!! They don't reward you for staying or loyalty anymore. Job hopping to higher wages guarantees a higher raise than if you stay under the same company.
I don’t think people recognize how significant this speech is.
Not at all. The Dems say one thing and do another.
Bernie's speeches are always relevant
@@loris3595 "Companies are the problem because they make money off of voluntary exchange with consumers. Let me fix this by forcing everyone to pay even more money to my unsuccessful government program."
Nothing new, anyone should know this.
@@loris3595He's not a Democrat lmfao
I love you, Bernie. I voted for you. ♥️ Keep fighting for us.
Me too! Twice. I had so much hope and the DNC failed him bigtime.
This might be the most important and relevant speech of our times.
I’m so sick of Bernie not being in charge!!! I can’t help but wonder what my life would be like if he’d been making all the rules for the last 8 years! I love you Bernie!!!!
I feel the same way about Senator Sanders political ideologies, however, it's important to remember that had he won, like President Biden, he'd still have faced head on opposition by Republicans in Congress, who'll support something (and someone) as radical and un-American as P2025, to feather their own nests.
I just wish he hadn’t silently lain down after the DNC sabotaged him…
Bernie ended up backing off from presidency. I like what he says but in the end he does not follow through.
Bernie is an admitted socialist. He has multiple million dollar homes and drives a 1/4 million dollar car.
I know. God bless this man for standing up for the average person. Wish he would have been elected when he ran.
Socialism for the rich. Capitalism for the working class.
The sharp end of the stick for the working class.
@@davidr3857Capitalism *is* the sharp end of the stick.
@@ssaberwolf No, Oligrachy and double standards under the law are the sharp end of the stick. Corruption is the sharp end of the stick. Socialism and communism are even more rigid in addressing these issues and fail to provide equality and quality of life and living conditions which they promise. Too much government is even worse than too little. Like everything in nature, balance is needed.
@@davidr3857 Americans have been pavlov-trained to shut off their brains and assume the fetal position as soon as someone says the word "Socialism". What the US needs is to have a grown-up discussion about how the opportunities, risks, and benefits of our economy are shared and that policies the majority wants. All human economic activity is shared effort i.e. cooperation and the State is involved in every transaction (even before taxes) by enforcing or not enforcing contracts. The State decides what you own and don't own-- if you take a car parked on street it is a question of law and State enforcement of the law that decides if the car is yours. If you get 100 dollars of income the 100 is not yours unless the State says so-- if you owe taxes on the income, then not all 100 are yours. If the income is for a hit job, zero dollars of the income are yours. Just hating the State means there is no discussion about what rules make sense. Just complaining about every tax means there is no discussion about what the State should tax and how heavily. Nobody likes to pay taxes; but we need to grow up have the hard discussion.
@@bassafarside6071 You assume the State is an objective and fully functional entity. In reality the State now is a slave to corporations and the thugs behind them. In theory the idealised state exists on the back of the goodwill and intentions of those who constitute it and administer it. There may have been a time in the past that this was not a comical perspective on the operation of states. Unfortunately we are now well into a comically corrupt and farcically deranged phase of states. The last time we reached such a phase was the early 1930s. We are now there again. Socialism has become a pretence. The default position of a human is now bad. Dog eat dog.
Using the terms “Healthcare” and “Health Insurance” interchangeably is a huge part of the problem, in all chambers of government.
weeeell but you see, direct state healthcare and not health insurance its a DAMN COMMUNISM :D
Very inspiring to see real people in politics
MY FAVORITE RESPECTED AND APPRECIATED CONGRESSMAN! LET'S FIGHT FOR OUR PEOPLE! THE WEALTHY NEEDS TO PAY 33-35% INCOME TAXES! OUR NATION WOULD BE HEALTHIER! THANK YOU, BERNIE SANDERS IS OUR GUIDING LIGHT!!❤❤
He's not a congressman. He's a senator 😂🤦♀️🙄
Senator
Yeppers billionaires should pay there share fare money 💰
@lisaloomer Congress is made of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
@@debbiebraaten2775Congress is made of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Term limits too. No political donations from corporate and lobbyists.
Just like Bernie during the 2016 & 2020 DNC Convention, the fix is in, there will be No Open Democratic Convention.
RFK 2024
*Bernie Sanders is a sellout with ZERO credibility*
He took a Million dollar bribe from Hillary & the DNC to step out of the race in 2016.
Muh democramacy
@@txl301mdI agree.
Open Convention? That's a meaningless Republican talking point. Bernie's argument is that the entire US political system is literally owned by billionaires and large corporations. Even if the DNC allowed an "open" process, a genuinely pro-worker ticket would get zero funding.
Agree with him 😢
This is how a person gets rich. Charge the customer $50 an hour and pay your worker $8 an hour.
This is why all companies would rather outsource service jobs and telephone jobs, cause they can pay international workers much lower than what the US law states you need to pay people. This why Trump bringing jobs back to US would be better for accountability and oversight of these damaging companies cause it would force them to be more equitable under US law
How to tell me you don't know the difference between gross profit vs net profit without saying you don't.
Working in sales and collecting payments. So true lol
@@izkh4lif4 It is more like $199 an hour.
Do note: It is also how a SOCIETY gets rich. Wealth inequality does NOT create poverty, of any kind. The politicians are the main source of poverty in modern society. Inflation, only a small part of their programme, is the MAJOR problem leading to prices that are "too high" for the average person to deal with.
Bernie is usually ahead of his time, but in this case, the fact that the US is an oligarchy was documented in a 2014 Princeton paper.
Bernie is still ahead. He’s been saying this for a LONG time.
Lol it's always funny to see who is as desperate as Colin Kaepernick 😂. Just retire old man, he contributes to the oldiegarchy anyway. Politicians might as well have regimes.
God bless you, Bernie Sanders. You are a great Soul. Thanks for speaking the truth, and speaking for the downtrodden.
Berns tells the truth!!!!
AMEN, SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS....ALWAYS STRONG! ALWAYS A LEADER WITH FACTS! THANK YOU!
Bernie "Keep Vermont YT" Sanders?
Maybe it just too late now Bernie. But I think you could beat Trump, if money can help . No money, no Bernie. Love this Guy.
".....and due to inactivity in Congress"
We should address that too. Good point Bernie.
If you ask Bernie what the problem in Congress he will blame others and/or make excuses. HE IS part of the problem.
Thank you Bernie for remembering the majority of people in our country who struggle to get by. Now, let’s see if our representatives show they care also!
#kennedy24
If only the rich would practice philanthropy, it’s a tax write off and you will leave this earth a well loved, and respected person.
we are our representation! who cares what they think, their job is to vote for what WE think!
@@jmw402good luck with all that
They don't care about us
Psalm 146:3