Sen. Bernie Sanders on the Collapse of the Middle Class

Dissolution of the middle class is the main ingredient towards revolution...

It's being done as we speak ;)

NATION OF WHINERS GOES ON SUICIDE BINGE !
http://www.nowpublic.com/world/nation-whiners-goes-suicide-binge

"The master class has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the battles. The master class has had all to gain and nothing to lose, while the subject class has had nothing to gain and all to lose-especially their lives " - Eugene Debs

Americans cannot escape a certain responsibility for what is done in our name around the world. In a democracy, even one as corrupted as ours, ultimate authority rests with the people. We empower the government with our votes, finance it with our taxes, bolster it with our silent acquiescence. If we are passive in the face of America's official actions overseas, we in effect endorse them." - Mark Hertzgaard

"If we understand the mechanism and motives of the group mind, it is possible to control and regiment the masses according to our will without their knowing it." - Edward Bernays / "father of public relations" He called this scientific technique of opinion molding the "engineering of consent".

Dissolution of the middle class is the main ingredient towards revolution.

What America should be like if there was still a glimpse of dignity left...

VERMONT TOWNS BACK INDICTMENT OF BUSH & CHENEY / In Vermont, voters in the towns of Brattleboro and Marlboro approved measures Tuesday calling for the indictment of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney for crimes against the Constitution. The symbolic votes instruct the police department in each town to arrest Bush and Cheney or to extradite them for prosecution elsewhere if they ever step foot in the towns.

HIGHEST BIDDER
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmhL8bjL9vc

… at this point the dammage done by this executive branch is so grand, one is indeed left srcatching his head in total disbelief and disarray…

not that previous administrations made reading Howard Zinn mandatory ;) http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Zinn/HZinn_page.html

Education or catastrophe said H.G. Wells. Mindfuck Inc. has created a nation of over 50% of functional analphabetes where lies and credulity marries to generate opinion.

"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." -- Thomas Jefferson

Wow, a politician that tells the truth, I better look out for fling pigs. But seriously it's good to hear the truth from an elected official. Post more stories about him.

I was born to a very poor family and had just been able to make it to the middle class. Like many people, I am having to make hard choices between food and medicine I need to take every day to stay healthy. Hard work can only go so far. Honest, hard working citizens need relief.

Brendan_M, Wonderful. I hope so.

I am so impressed with this short video. All around me I see the very things he spoke of it is critical that we vote people out who support the destruction of the middle class. Power in the hands of a few is not what I want for the USA.

Bernie is on Thom Hartman's show every Friday on Air America. He is always right on target. Wish we had more like him.

For all you pot smokers out there. He was the Governor, who decriminalized possession of pot in the State of Maine.

Bernie Sanders is the real f**kin' deal!

They list him on the roll as independant, but he's a member of the US socialist party!

Thumbs up for Bernie

I agree that our 2-party system is a sham of a choice and really does more to keep voters and potential candidates out of the politics than it does to encourage participation.

If we only had election reform we could begin to heal the country ourselves. these 3 changes could re-empower the American citizen:

Campaign Finance Reform
- Election Day Holiday (we get off the the 4th of July to get wasted, grill out and explode things so why not give us the day off that actually has to do with participatory Democracy?)
- Run-Off Voting

The sooner we reorg our power-monopolizing 2 party system, the sooner the voices of the majority of Americans can be heard along with the real issues that keep them locked in an unfair system, as Sen. Sanders clearly points out.

The rich just get richer on the crushed backs of the middle class, while the ruling elite implements the age old divide & conquer approach, securing their power. The sooner election reform, particularly the financing aspect, creates a more level playing field, the sooner the rest of the struggling, necessary political parties can get the visibility & support desperately needed to get on the final ballot.

And what's with this antiquated Electoral College? In this day & age we don't need a middleman to make sure we're capable of casting our vote. Don't you think we're ready for the time that when you cast your vote, it's a real vote-otherwise known as the popular vote-for your candidate? This has been the difference in the last 2 elections, rampant with fraud, and the ultimate examples of why our election process is way overdue for an overhaul.

This was great to see!! Michael Moore is tomorrow at 1.

We need to get this to the big board so that people are at least thinking straight when they go to cast their ballot in the fall. This should be an issue above all

Also since i want the lower class to pay virtually zero taxes, McCain wants to double the exemption per child to 7k, that pretty generous for a guy people are trying to paint as rich and cold hearted