Bernie Sanders Urges Unions To Stand Up And Use Their Power To Crush The Koch Brothers

[DonViejo]

By: Jason Easley
Tuesday, August, 18th, 2015, 7:23 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders called on unions to rise up and join his political revolution to defeat the Koch brothers during a speech in Nevada.

At the Nevada State AFL-CIO Constitutional Convention, Sen. Sanders said:

Today, as a result of the disastrous Citizens United Supreme Court decision, the Koch brothers, the second wealthiest family in America, is prepared to spend some $900 million this election cycle — more than either the Republican Party or the Democratic Party is likely to spend.

Why? What do the Koch brothers want? Let me tell you.

The Koch brothers and their billionaire allies don’t just want to cut Social Security, they want to eliminate Social Security; they don’t want to just cut Medicare, they want to eliminate Medicare; they don’t just want to cut healthcare at the VA, they want to eliminate the Veterans Administration; they don’t want to just cut the Postal Service, they want to eliminate it; they’re not only opposed to increasing the minimum wage, they don’t believe in the concept of the minimum wage; they don’t want to just cut the estate tax, they want to abolish it.

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http://www.politicususa.com/2015/08/18/bernie-sanders-urges-unions-stand-power-crush-koch-brothers.html

[navarth]

1. Keep going, Bernie

I for one will support you.

I hope that Sec. Clinton will echo Bernie's feelings.

I'm not saying that to introduce an opportunity to flame Sec. Clinton; it would be superfluous at this point.

[CharlotteVale]

2. K&R

[KansDem]

3. Excellent!

[Go Vols]

4. Go Bernie

[FlatBaroque]

5. k

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

6. Bernie just may do the most important thing...

any President could do...
Restore the faith the common man has in the government. Not hope, faith.
My dream is that two years into his presidency, someone asks, "Why do you believe that (put your favorite issue here)?"
Answer..."Because Bernie said so!"

Faith in the government to do what is right, not hope that they will.

Huge difference!

[drm604]

7. K&R for Bernie

[LWolf]

8. K & R

[slipslidingaway]

9. "Union members are some of the best organizers in the country. The Kochs have the dollars, but ...

unions have the ability to get out the vote.

Ordinary Americans can’t beat the Koch brothers in a dollar for dollar battle, but they can out vote the billionaires. The Kochs and other right-wing billionaires were routed in 2012 because regular Americans went to the polls and voted.

The political revolution that Bernie Sanders is leading is a movement of the people. Sanders has not only tapped into the anger of ordinary American.

Sen. Sanders is giving them an avenue for action, and the action that the Koch brothers fear the most is millions of Americans coming out to vote on Election Day."

Above from the article in the OP.


Prepared Remarks

Remarks at the AFL-CIO Conference
August 18, 2015
| by Bernie Sanders

https://berniesanders.com/remarks-at-afl-cio-conference/