Bernie Sanders: Why?

[Playinghardball]

[staggerleem]

1. Because the Republican game plan , since Reagan, ...

... has been to comfort the comfortable, while further afflicting the afflicted.

And who in America is more "comfortable" than those who supply arms to the military - i. e., the ones who would benefit from increased military spending?

Hint: It ain't me, and I suspect it ain't you either.

[BrotherIvan]

2. Exactly!

Perfectly put. If everyone in this country had to answer that question in the voting booth, we wouldn't see a Republican elected. There is so much truth in it.

[appalachiablue]

3. K & R. Bernie tells it! And it's obscene and little known-

[el_bryanto]

4. I have been thinking about how much of this is keeping projects going

within senators and representatives district. Military Spending is protected for some reason so it's a safe way for an elected official to "bring home the bacon."

Bryant

[ladjf]

5. Because he has some sense and tells the truth. nt

[DirkGently]

6. Because that money ensures political favors?

That's really all of this appears to come down to. Money for the public good -- SS, Medicare, infrastructure spending, PUBLIC education, PUBLIC transportation, all fails to give legislators sufficient pork to dole out to campaign contributors.

We don't spend money on things we NEED. We spend money on things that elected politicians can trade for money and favors.

[JDPriestly]

7. Precisely.

[Phil1934]

8. Sometimes it's even more direct

in 2008 the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics has calculated that more than 151 members of Congress have up to $195 million invested in major defense contractors. That's just wrong.

[classykaren]

9. Warren/Sanders or Sanders/Warren has a nice ring to it doesn't it?

[colsohlibgal]

10. It Has A Great Ring For Sure.

Hillary talking the talk like Obama in 2008, the question is whether she'll walk the walk unlike Barack.

[Daniel537]

11. Bernie is the best we have in congress, and we need him right where he is.

If you want to drastically cut our MIC budget, as i do, then we need to elect solid progressives to congress that are willing to do just that. Sadly,too many people ignore the importance of legislative elections to affect that change. Until we get folks on our side voting in as large numbers during midterm years as they do in Presidential years, we're not going to be able to get much done. Presidential elections are massively important, but let's not get so sidetracked as to ignore or downplay congressional elections.

[Scuba]

13. And those next nine countries ... all allies.

[mother earth]

14. K & R, Run, Bernie, run!!!

[woo me with science]

15. K&R

[rhett o rick]

16. Republicons are motivated by greed and they have zero empathy. nm

[JaneyVee]

17. I thought this was about Bernie's hair.

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

18. The answer to Bernie's question is

because those taxpayer dollars go to the corporations that the Republicans own.
Endless war for endless profits.

[0rganism]

19. straight-up feedback loop through the GOP superpacs

Republicans elected --> Big $$$$ for defense contractors --> defense contractors shower GOP candidates with campaign $$ --> Republicans elected

This cycle can be further enhanced by starting various wars, which helps to explain the republican approach to international diplomacy.