On The Road:Field of Dreams

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https://berniesanders.com/field-of-dreams-iowa-road-update/

Cars lined up for miles here in Eldridge, Iowa, to get to the Whispering Pines Shelter in Scott County Park to hear Democratic Party presidential candidate Bernie Sanders address a Democratic Party picnic on Sunday.

Bernie Sanders in IowaMore than 3,000 people watched under a blazing sun on a hot August afternoon as the senator from Vermont called for a political revolution to rebuild the once great American middle class and take on the wealthy and powerful billionaire class.

In the wealthiest country in the history of the world, most Americans are working two or three jobs to try to survive, they can’t afford to send their kids to college, emergency food shelters serve working families that can’t make ends meet and seniors struggle to survive on Social Security payments of $13,000 or $14,000 a year.

“Almost all of the wealth and all of the income is going to the top 1 percent. And what we are here to say today is enough is enough. This great country and our government belong to all of us and not to a handful of billionaires and that is what this campaign is about,” Sanders said.

“We need an economy that works for working families and not for billionaires,” he said in a voice that was powerful but raspy on the third day of a swing through Iowa that included a stop at the Iowa State Fair.

He called for pay equity for women workers, an increase in the minimum wage, tuition-free college, and increase in Social Security benefits.

[PatrickforO]

1. Enough is enough!

[malokvale77]

2. Thank you for posting this.

I am 100% behind Bernie Sanders.

[appalachiablue]

3. K & R. Tell it Bernie! Good for Iowa. Nice essay & photo.

[merrily]

4. If it's Field of Dreams, we know Bernie isn't the guy from the "Black Sox."

Go, Bernie.