Bernie
Sanders is an independent U.S. Senator from Vermont. He is one of my
everlasting heroes (my paladin) and always will be. If I want the truth on an issue, I turn
to Bernie.
by Charlie Leck
by Charlie Leck
There are an
awful lot of people out there who are supporting the actions of the right-wing
of the Republican Party. I’m fully aware that they do not know what they are
doing and they don’t understand what this very radical political movement
really wants to do.
Here’s a video
of what Bernie Sanders recently said about just this subject. I pulled it from
his Facebook page… (be sure to follow
Bernie on Facebook).
“The truth is that the current government shutdown and the
willingness of right-wing Republican extremists to default on the U.S. debt for
the first time in American history is part of a right-wing ideological agenda
which goes far beyond defunding the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).
“The Koch brothers, and their billionaire allies, want
to end Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the E.P.A, the concept of the
minimum wage and virtually every federal program passed during the last 80
years designed to protect the well-being of working people, the elderly, the
sick, the children and the poor. Everyone should understand that their
long-term goal is to move this country into an oligarchic form of society where
the political and economic life of the nation is controlled by a handful of
extremely wealthy families.”
Watch Bernie on a recent MSNBC interview discussing these
issues.
When I read some
of the things that a number of my Facebook
friends say about their support of the radical right movement in American
politics, it really frightens me. The changes this movement wants to bring
about it America will be very far reaching and will have a dire impact on so
very many people! Oh, my! Medicare, Social Security and the environment would
be in big trouble under their plan. So would many other institutions we simply
take for granted in America these days. Please try harder to understand what
these fellows (like the Koch brothers) want for America. I find it hard to
believe it is what you want!
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