Sen. Bernie Sanders: Organizing Help Wanted

[marmar]

from In These Times:



Organizing Help Wanted
By Sen. Bernie Sanders


There is a war going on in this country and I am not referring to the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan. I am referring to the war waged by the wealthiest people in America on the disappearing and shrinking middle class of our country. The nation’s billionaires are on the warpath. They want more, more, more. Their greed has no end and they are apparently unconcerned for the future of this country if it gets in the way of their accumulation of power and wealth.

On the floor of the Senate, we discuss a lot of things. But one thing we fail to talk about is who is winning in this economy and who is losing, and what that means for parents struggling to survive while working longer hours with lower wages, and worrying about whether their children will have the same kind of standard of living they have.

Right now, the top 1 percent controls more than 23 percent of all income earned in America. The top 1 percent controls more than the bottom 50 percent. It’s not only that the rich are getting richer. The very, very rich are getting richer. In the last 25 years, we have seen 80 percent of all new income going to the top 1 percent.

On top of all this, while the millionaires get richer and there are more and more billionaires, as a result of the Citizens United decision, what we are beginning to see in elections is unbelievable—a group of billionaires getting together and deciding where they are going to spend their money. Billionaires are going to flood states with all kinds of negative, dishonest ads in an effort to defeat people defending the middle class and to elect people who will stand up for right-wing billionaires. ...............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/6839/organizing_help_wanted

[Tippy]

1. K&R....It seems like the more money one emasses

The less common sense they have.

[jotsy]

2. And like Rohan, DU should answer the call for aid.

I don't mean with money, just time folks. I'll be reaching out to ask what I can do. As a senator elected in 06, I believe his seat is up for grabs, and you can bet the machine doesn't want to see a return of America's Senator. I'm already volunteering with the local chapter of Jobs with Justice and the longstanding local progressive paper trying to survive the digital shift. We must push back.

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[bdamomma]

3. love bernie he tells the truth.

[struggle4progress]

4. "It is time we organize. Your help is wanted."