Highlights from Fighting Bob Fest: Senator Bernie Sanders
Democracy or Oligarchy
By Senator Bernie Sanders
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Frankly, I think what you’re looking at is not even a political problem here. It is a psychiatric problem.
We all know people with substance abuse problems. There are people who can’t get enough to drink and wreck their lives. There are people who need more and more drugs.
Well, these people are addicted to greed and money, and it is a sickness that is destroying the economy of the United States of America.
It is also an economic issue. We have tens and tens and tens of thousands of American workers who literally have no money to spend. I was in Mississippi a couple of weeks ago, talking to workers who have worked at McDonald’s for years. And they are not kids. They’re mothers. And they make $7.35 an hour. Now if you make those wages, or you’re unemployed, you cannot go out and buy products. You cannot go out and buy services. You are not spending money in your community. And if working people are not spending money, jobs are not being created.
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If you think Bernie is too old to run for President, think again. Before his speech he wasn't sitting down resting, he was pacing back and forth behind the stage area. His energy and stamina were impressive.
He had the crowd's attention, that's for sure ...
On edit: woman in front row with blue jacket is DU member and Congressional candidate Kelly Westlund. Moments before this pic, I was sitting in the empty chair next to the woman in the white sweater.
