Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

Days of guaranteed paid sick leave for workers facing illness 🇳🇴: 260 days 🇮🇹: 180 days 🇨🇦: 10 days 🇺🇸: 0 days When will we join the rest of the world in ensuring that ailing workers can get well without going broke? — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

I do not think we should accept it as 'normal' in our society that billionaires get massive tax breaks while teachers in this country have to work a second job just to make ends meet. We must pay all teachers in America at least $60,000. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

Here's something you won't hear about in the mainstream media: we are not that divided as a country. Whether you are progressive, conservative, or independent, you're sick and tired of getting ripped off and paying the highest prices on the planet for prescription drugs. https://t.co/tIK88bJGx5 — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

As Americans die because they can't afford the medications they need, 5 of the largest drug companies in the U.S. made nearly $80 billion in profits last year alone. As chairman of the HELP Committee, my promise to you is that we're going to take on their greed. https://t.co/yaoYD37eXg — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

Ask yourself a question. Do we really want to be be the sort of society that's got endless money to cut taxes for billionaires but "can't afford" decent Social Security benefits for our elderly? — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

No. Billionaires across the globe cannot continue to take in more and more while the working class in country after country are expected to get by on less and less. https://t.co/IEWPkIN8dJ — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

Let me tell you something. You're not crazy. Yes, there is something wrong in this world when a few people have billions of dollars, and millions of people have nothing. We have got to make certain that a dream and a vision for a decent society remains alive. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

Today, while more and more working class Americans are unable to afford the health care they need, 3 people own more wealth than the bottom half of American society — 165 million people. I'll repeat: ☝️-✌️-THREE PEOPLE now own more wealth than the bottom 165 million Americans. https://t.co/oAAS22qOfY — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

Workers all over the world are standing up to the ruling class and saying: in this moment of unprecedented income and wealth inequality, no, you cannot continue to have it all. Enough is enough. I stand in solidarity with the over 500,000 striking workers across the U.K.. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

There is nowhere in this country where a full-time worker paid the federal minimum wage of $7.25 can make ends meet — and yet many restaurant workers are paid a sub-minimum wage of just $2.13 an hour. Totally absurd. It's time to end starvation wages for tipped workers. https://t.co/g7TwN9uIvx — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

Virtually all Democrats talk about the need for campaign finance reform. Talk is easy. Now it’s time to walk the walk. I wrote a letter to the @DNC today on why we must stand up for democracy and end super PAC spending in primaries. https://t.co/W05YUbQ3iB — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

If we've got the money to give the wealthy and large corporations trillions of dollars in tax breaks, we've got the money to expand, not cut Social Security. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

Every day I hear Democrats say we need campaign finance reform. Meanwhile, corporate super PACs funded by Republicans are spending millions in Democratic primaries to defeat progressive candidates. Stop the hypocrisy. We must end all super PAC funding in Democratic primaries. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

I don't care if it's Democrats, Republicans, Independents, Progressives, Conservatives — the American people are quite united. You know what they're saying? Take on the greed of the pharmaceutical industry. Don't cut Social Security. https://t.co/uKWODLZKfJ — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

While working families struggled to pay outrageously high gas prices last year, Chevron made a record $35.5 billion in profits & will spend $75 billion to manipulate its stock price in order to make the rich even richer. We must ban stock buybacks & enact a windfall profits tax. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

I want you to ask yourself one simple question — why? Why is it when they want to “balance” the federal budget, the Republican Party seeks to do so by gutting our programs for seniors and the most vulnerable, instead of ending huge tax breaks for the rich? — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

Billionaires and their Super PACs must not be able to buy Democratic Party primaries. If Democrats really believe in democracy and campaign finance reform, we must ban Super PACs in primaries. I stand with progressive reformers advocating for this change. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

While the richest 1% have never had it so good, what is the reality for the working class? 60% of our people are living paycheck to paycheck. 57% of our people cannot afford a $1,000 emergency. 41% of our people are rent-burdened. We need an economy that works for all. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

One person makes $100 million a year. Another person makes $160,000 a year. Both of those people put the exact same amount of money into Social Security. We must scrap the cap on the wealthy and expand Social Security benefits — not cut them. https://t.co/cE4ehxCrc0 — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

.@nynurses demanded change, and now, change is happening. CONGRATULATIONS to nurses at Mount Sinai Hospital & Montefiore Medical Center on your hard fought victory. https://t.co/u9cuNrxtDw — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

In the 1950s, CEOs were paid 20x more than the average worker. In the 1980s, CEOs were paid 59x more. In 2009, CEOs were paid 180x more. Today, CEOs are paid 399x more than the average worker. We must put an end to this rampant greed and inequality. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

At a time when half of older Americans have no retirement savings & 55% of seniors are trying to survive on less than $25,000 a year, our job is not to cut Social Security or raise taxes on workers. Our job is to expand it so all seniors can live with the dignity they deserve. https://t.co/eCBTETdUOa — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

50 years after the ruling, the overturning of Roe v. Wade and denying women the right to control their own bodies is an outrage and in defiance of what the American people want. We must codify Roe v. Wade, and once again make abortion legal and safe. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

The last thing we need is another commission to propose cuts to Social Security & Medicare. The last time we had one, it proposed cutting Social Security benefits for middle class seniors by up to 35% & cutting tax rates for billionaires. We must instead expand Social Security. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

Think we don't have wealth redistribution in this country? Think again. Since 1975, there has been a massive redistribution of wealth in this country, but in precisely the wrong direction — more than $50 TRILLION has been redistributed from the bottom 90% to the top 1%. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

Student debt is an incredible burden on millions and millions of young people who did nothing wrong except try to get the education they need. Yes, we can cancel all student debt in this country. https://t.co/dYmtxGUc6n — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

Let me tell you something you aren't going to hear about in the mainstream media. We have in America today a working class whose weekly wages, adjusted for inflation, are LOWER than they were 50 years ago. Is that remotely acceptable to you? I don't think so. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

How does it happen that, despite spending almost twice per capita on health care as the people of other industrialized nations, our life expectancy is LOWER and getting worse? https://t.co/XhegMWCSQT — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

Shock of shocks! Corporate lobbyists aren't just fighting to stop a living wage. They're also taking workers’ wages to pad their own pockets and protect their wealth. Outrageous. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

“This country has socialism for the rich, rugged individualism for the poor." – Martin Luther King, Jr. — PolitiTweet.org