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Fighting for the soul of America (MSNBC)
January 11, 2013
Watch Bernie’s recent interview with Ed Schultz where they discuss income inequality, filibuster reform and President Obama’s nomination for Treasury Secretary.
“You have a handful of people on the top owning tremendous amounts of wealth and a vast majority of the American people owning very little; and that is true not only in terms of wealth, it’s true in terms of income distribution….”
No, Mr. President, you’re not going to cut Social Security. (MSNBC)
January 7, 2013
Watch Bernie & Ed Schultz discuss attempts to cut Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid & disabled veterans’ benefits.
“What we are talking about Ed, and you made this point, we are not talking about financial issues. We are talking about ideology. What the Republicans want to do is destroy the social safety net that has existed in this country since the 1930s.”
Andrea Mitchell interviews Senator Bernie Sanders (MSNBC)
“When my Republican colleagues…talk about spending cuts, let’s be clear what they’re talking about. They’re talking about major cuts in Social Security for people who are trying to survive on $15K, $16K a year in Social Security. They’re talking about cuts for disabled veterans, for people with disabilities, cuts in Medicare, cuts in Medicaid, cuts in education, cuts in nutrition.”
Sanders voices strong opposition to cutting Social Security (MSNBC)
December 21, 2012
Watch Bernie’s recent interview with MSNBC’s Ed Schultz regarding the end-of-year fiscal showdown and possible cuts to Social Security and disabled veterans’ benefits.
“The vast majority of the American people are saying you do not balance the budget on the elderly…. The wealthiest people and the large corporations who are doing phenomenally well are going to have to start paying their fair share of taxes.”
We can make the system more cost effective, but we can do that without cutting benefits to Medicare and Medicaid (The New York Times).
December 10, 2012
Watch Bernie’s interview with the New York Times where he discusses the end-of-year fiscal showdown.
“Once you start destroying the universality of a program you end up, over a period of time, making it into a welfare program.”
The President and Democrats have got to hold firm (MSNBC).
Watch Bernie and Ed Schultz discuss Mitch McConnell filibustering his own bill as well as the end of year fiscal showdown between Democrats and Republicans.
“At a time of dysfunctionality in the Senate, and all kinds of absurdity, this probably takes the cake when you filibuster your own proposal.”
Republicans are way, way out of touch. (MSNBC)
December 4, 2012
Watch Bernie and Rev. Al Sharpton discuss the end-of-year fiscal showdown on MSNBC’s PoliticsNation.
“If they win this debate…we’re talking about major cuts for disabled veterans. We’re going to maintain low tax rates for billionaires and we’re going to cut benefits for disabled vets. Who in America thinks that makes any sense?”
The American people are very clear — do not cut Social Security, do not cut Medicare, do not cut Medicaid (CNN’s Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer)
November 30, 2012
“At a time when the middle class is disappearing and the people on top are doing phenomenally well…the wealthy are going to have to pay their fair share of taxes.”
Sanders to GOP: Understand you lost (MSNBC)
November 12, 2012
Watch Bernie on MSNBC’s Jansing & Co. talk about the recent election & the deficit reduction debate.
“Mr. Boehner has got to understand they lost & let the wishes of the majority of the people prevail.”
President has capital in fight over fiscal cliff (MSNBC)
November 8, 2012
Bernie joins Ed Schultz on MSNBC to talk about the looming “fiscal cliff”
“Yes, we are going to do do deficit reduction. But we will be damned – especially after this election – if we are going to balance the budget on the backs of the elderly, the children, the sick & the poor.”
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- Pew Research study shows "A Rise in Wealth for the Wealthy; Declines for the Lower 93%": http://t.co/B1x3G2Z0gM
- Check out the op-ed The Soul of America by @FriendsofBernie in @HuffingtonPost regarding #fiscalcliff and #debtceiling http://t.co/6I505g7W