Bernie
Sanders is one of the politicians I admire most in this nation. He is a U.S.
Senator from Vermont, a brilliant speaker and a fellow with a marvelous, dry
sense-of-humor. He can also get very serious and very angry, however, and he
rose to that on Facebook this morning. I read his post with great interest…
by Charlie Leck
by Charlie Leck
“Congressional Republicans are threatening to shut down the
federal government next Tuesday unless the Affordable Care Act is defunded. The
truth is that they’re just warming up and some of their other ideas are even
further “off the deep end,” Sen. Bernie Sanders told radio host Bill Press on
Tuesday. In a Senate floor speech, Sanders detailed a Republican to-do list
that ranges from abolishing Social Security, privatizing VA health care,
getting rid of the EPA, junking the minimum wage and more. Those and other
proposals, the senator said, are detailed in the Texas Republican Party
platform.” [U.S. Senator
Bernie Sanders]
Take a look at
this video of Senator Sanders’ speech on the floor of the Senate about the 2012
Texas Republican party platform…
Here’s a list of
some of the things that that party platform calls for… and it is similar to the
conservative Republican Party all over the county…
Phase
out the Social Security System
Privatize
Veterans Health Care
Abolish
all federal programs not listed in the U.S. Constitution
Close
down the Environmental Protection Agency
Repeal
the 16th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution (ending progressive
taxation)
End
Capital Gains Tax and Estate Tax
Repeal
the minimum wage law!
This platform
reflects the thinking of the new conservative Republican movement. It is a
policy that would be tragic for the low-income people of America. It simply
calls for us to become a government that doesn’t care. It establishes a society
of in-fighting and “get what you can get for yourself and the rest of the
nation be damned.”
Earlier in the
week, here’s what Senator Sanders had to say…
“House Republicans are trying to undo
the Affordable Care Act, throw millions of children and the elderly off food
stamps and continue across-the-board sequestration cuts that have slashed Head
Start, Meals on Wheels, home heating assistance and other programs. That’s just
the agenda for this week when the Republicans are using the threat of a
government shutdown on Oct. 1 to try to get their way… What you’re talking
about is the incredible cruelty and arrogance of a party representing the
wealthy and the powerful to punish the poor and working people… These are
bullies who are beating up on helpless people… They don’t impress me.”
Shout it out to
your Senators and Representatives, wherever you live! Tell them to stop the
nonsense and get on with governing. Shutting down our government will have
serious consequences, once again, on our fragile economy!
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