Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

Here is the untold story of the global economy. Oligarchy reigns and is getting worse. Today, the 10 richest people own more wealth than the bottom 3.1 billion. We need progressive global taxation and an economy that works for all, not a tiny handful of multi-billionaires. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

LIVE: I’m joining two strong progressive voices, @DavidLammy and @delarabur, to discuss the international progressive response to Russia’s war on Ukraine. https://t.co/2JDePirfld — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

RT @ACEurope: What structural decarbonization and counter-kleptocracy reforms are needed in the response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine… — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

Wendy's increased its net income by 70%, pays its CEO 532X more than its median worker & is spending $100 million on stock buybacks. Now it's blaming the rising price of a Frosty on inflation? No. The problem isn't the Wendy's worker who got a 50 cent raise. It's corporate greed. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

Big oil companies are engaged in massive profiteering and price gouging. We need a windfall profits tax. March 2008 Gas: $3.23 per gallon Oil: $104.54 per barrel March 2014 Gas: $3.51 Oil: $102.28 Last week: Gas: $4.10 Oil: $111.42 Today: Gas: $4.32 Oil: $95.17 — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

If Jeff Bezos can afford a $500 million yacht, a $23 million mansion with 25 bathrooms and a rocket ship to blast a comedian to outer space, you know what? Amazon can afford to give its employees a $3 raise. I stand in strong solidarity with the Amazon workers walkout. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

The war in Ukraine is an absolute disaster for the people of Ukraine and the entire world. But with or without a war, we cannot lose focus on the crises facing working families in the U.S. today. Congress can and must walk and chew bubble gum at the same time. https://t.co/4ZIJg5eQsE — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

Why is the price of oil LOWER today than it was in 2014 while the average price for a gallon of gas nationwide is 80 cents a gallon HIGHER than it was eight years ago? Answer: Corporate greed. Now is no time for profiteering. Now is the time for a windfall profits tax. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

We must achieve economic justice in this country — that means equal pay for equal work NOW. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

Marina Ovsyannikova, an editor at a TV channel in Russia, interrupted a live broadcast with a sign that read “NO WAR. Stop the war. Don't believe the propaganda. They're lying to you here.” She has since been detained. This is an act of incredible courage. https://t.co/BOJ70m2ztv — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

If we can spend $782 billion on the military industrial complex and handout $52 billion in corporate welfare to the profitable micro-chip industry, please do not tell me we cannot afford Medicare for All during a pandemic or the Green New Deal during a climate emergency. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

Barack Obama was right. A gas tax holiday was a bad idea in 2008 and it's a bad idea today. If we're serious about providing consumers relief at the gas pump, let's take on the greed of big oil by enacting a windfall profits tax and ending OPEC's illegal price-fixing cartel. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

If there's a lesson that should be learned now it is that moving quickly to renewable energy is not just an environmental issue. It is a matter of national security. We must deny Putin and other petro-dictators the ability to hold the global economy hostage. The time is now! — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

I’m delighted to see an agreement reached so that the MLB season can start. But we must prevent the greed of baseball’s oligarchs from destroying the game. The best way to do that is to end MLB’s antitrust exemption and I will be introducing legislation to do just that. https://t.co/qkRreVTJFP — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

Last year, oil & gas companies made $174 billion in profits. This year they're on track to make more. We cannot allow big oil to use Ukraine & "inflation" as an excuse to rip-off Americans. I'm proud to join @SenWhitehouse to introduce a windfall profits tax. Let's get it done. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

This is oligarchy. This is greed. This is callousness. Last year, over 2 million people worldwide died of hunger. At the same time, the world’s 2,755 billionaires saw their wealth go up by $5 trillion – from $8.6 trillion to $13.8 trillion. This is why we need a tax on wealth. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

If there's one thing to learn from this horrible crisis it's this: We must end our dependence on big oil & authoritarian regimes for expensive fossil fuels that are destroying the planet & harming our economy. Now, more than ever, we need a Manhattan Project for renewable energy. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

Today the Senate passed the Postal Service Reform Act. Is this all that is needed to fix the problems of the Postal Service? No, it is not. But it's an important step forward for one of our nation’s most important government agencies, for its workers, and for our communities. https://t.co/houq2N69Qi — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

Oil company revenues since last year: Exxon: ⬆️ 57% Chevron: ⬆️ 84% Shell: ⬆️ 49% BP: ⬆️ 45% We cannot allow big oil companies to continue to take advantage of the war in Ukraine & inflation to make huge profits by jacking up gas prices. We need a windfall profits tax. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

Super-large yachts have become the status symbol of the billionaire class. And Russian oligarchs are not the only people who own them. While half of our people work paycheck to paycheck, members of the American oligarchy spend hundreds of millions to build their very own yachts. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

Oligarchy and massive wealth inequality exists not just in Russia. It's worldwide. Since the pandemic, while the wealth of the world's 10 richest people DOUBLED, the income of 99% of the world’s population declined. The result: More yachts for the rich. More hunger for the poor. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

The GOP claims to be the party of the working class. Yet, the head of the GOP campaign arm released a plan to raise taxes on half of Americans while imposing massive cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and education. Oh, yeah. They sure LOVE working people. No doubt. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

This is what Oligarchy and Authoritarianism is all about. Putin is not only destroying Ukraine and the Russian economy. He is now in the process of ending the last vestiges of Russian democracy and free speech. https://t.co/XiU4l7wObV — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

Unfortunately, we have a corrupt political system and some Senators are more interested in getting campaign contributions from the wealthy and the powerful than doing the work of the American people. It’s a sad state of affairs. https://t.co/V9ILVv5Zwb — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

We talk about being a divided nation. In many ways, that’s true. But, in some ways, we are absolutely united. For example, we all hate the drug companies. https://t.co/ZbSpq05MVY — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

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Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

Putin and his oligarch friends have stolen from the Russian people. They have it all while ordinary people are suffering. I have so much respect for the incredibly brave people in Russia who are out on the streets protesting against what their president is doing. https://t.co/iC0pX09kcn — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

Starbucks could give every one of its 383,000 workers a $5,000 bonus & still keep $2.6 billion in profits from last year. Instead they're raising prices while spending $20 billion on stock buybacks & dividends when profits are up 31%. Don't blame inflation. Blame corporate greed. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

Abortion is a constitutional right. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

Corporate greed is Amazon blaming a 17% increase in its prime membership fees on labor costs while its profits soared 56% last year to $33 billion & Jeff Bezos became $74 billion richer during the pandemic. The problem is not the Amazon worker making $15 an hour. It's greed. — PolitiTweet.org