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  • This is why i am proud to be from Vermont.

  • Why can't Obama talk from the heart like that? Why won't he stand up for principle more?

  • Thank you Senator sanders for all you do for fighting for social security and for the poor and the elderly. Your the best senator we have in the United states.

    god bless of all you do.

  • The best person in the senate. There used to be 2 good senators, but the people of Wisconsin (who elected Scott Walker as governor) elected an idiot (Ron Johnson) to replace Russ Feingold.

  • As a dutch citizen who is very happy to live in a more socialist country, where we still have good education, healthcare and minimum wage i am appalled to see how the USA is becoming a third world country. I see now how the investmentbanks continue to rob the rest of the world. I support the revolution occupy wall street. I care about the planet, the future of our children. We should strive for more equality.

  • @charmek1 As an American Citizen, I thank you and deeply appreciate that you are watching us. Keep watching. Do not close your eyes to what we endure, please.

  • It was the Democrats under Johnson that raided the so-called untouchable funds for the ill-conceived "War On Party." Now we are seeing the rresults of Congress raiding the cookie jar.

  • Politicians are trying to convince Citizens that ss is a PONZI SCHEME, SO THEY CAN CONTINUE TO RAID IT AND DISMANTLE IT and pretend it didn't work as

    they fund more wars.

    Don't let them continue to lie and raid and plunder.

  • Wow, all the guys in the white shirts are obese.

  • @Salvysahagun защо са мозъчна смърт идиоти отговор на този велик човек

  • @Salvysahagun Spoken like a true tea bagger nutjob

  • @justjulie37

    My grandma died on Social Security and lived below the poverty level.

    Social Security is just the foundation for senior savings.

    IRA, and Pensions are what is really keeping seniors out of poverty.

    SS right now is a ponzi scheme but it doesn't have to be.

    Do you have any facts or evidence? Because if all your going to do is insult then i won't waste my time with you.

  • @Salvysahagun Do I have facts for what? facts to support that social security is necessary? Of course it is. Not only myself, but just about everyone in my family lives on social security. No one is saying it is perfect, and that it covers everything you need, but to call it a scheme and threaten to get rid of it is just stupid. Even the democrats think it needs to be tweaked to make it sustainable, but Republicans have always talked about getting rid of it as it stands today or privatize it

  • @justjulie37

    And I was Suggesting Social Security reform.

    Their shouldn't be a general retirement age. It should be based on industry and certain industries should pay a higher FICA.

    Sweden and Norway have "private options" in Social Security btw.

  • You kick butt, bro!

  • You Mr Sanders, I say you Mr Sanders, are a winner.

  • @TheYoungTurdz I bet you don't even know that your employer pays into Social Security too.

    That's why big business wants to do away with it.

  • @SpitfireOFatj I know you are incorrect.

    I am my employer. YOU should try being one as well instead of being dependent on others.

  • @TheYoungTurdz Great, another "self employed" claim.

    Guess what? I owned a business that employed 26 people. Don't assume all Liberals are moochers and losers living on the government teat.

  • @SpitfireOFatj I currently employ 25 and do assume that the majority of the dems are moochers, as that is the dem base. That and those who donate more than banks and oil companies in campaign donations, just to stay alive and remain a political power, aka unions.

  • @TheYoungTurdz You idiots try to claim superiority on the campaign contribution issue when your current Speaker of the House was passing out lobbyist checks on the House Floor during a vote on the issue being lobbied?

  • @SpitfireOFatj OMG! You're over here, too.

    Sic 'um, YoungTurdz. :D

  • @Esyurmom Hey there!! Aren't "these people" lol funny as hell? It is scary that they are still on the street, but good to know their numbers are dwindling.

  • @TheYoungTurdz , yeah, they are dwindling but are in denial about it. And, yes, it is scary that they are still on the street. What will it take for them to wake up and see the utter destruction their liberal agenda has wreaked on this country? I had given a large majority more credit than they deserve for being smart enough to have that lightbulb go off .

    I see that spitfire hasn't come back to answer you once you proved him wrong. Typical.

    Calling names and denial are their major talents.

  • @SpitfireOFatj Do you know what "You idiots" biggest problem is? You actually say things like "You idiots" and "you people". You are so busy doing that , you can't admit that the UNIONS have become a political arm of the DNC. Why do you think they are on the decline? Americans are tired of it. You have state laws that cover you, you don't need anything more, just for being a brainwashed drone who pays dues. Think for yourself and create jobs!

  • @SpitfireOFatj ROFLMAO!  pwnd.

  • @AllKnowingCreator Talking to a FOX "News" viewer is like trying to break it to a WWF fan that wrestling isn't real.

    You idiots only believe what the Right Wing tells you despite being made fools by them over Iraq. You are a tiny minority and are dying off. Check this out:

    watch?v=Oce2Gfu29-8

  • Way to stand tall and speak truth, Senator. Much love, respect and gratitude.

  • The best politician in Washington. A real Man of the People.

  • @SpitfireOFatj furthermore, if I took your money from you, without your consent, and told you I'd give it back to you at 65 in the form of welfare payments.. I'd go to jail for being a thief. Government should never do what a private individual can't do.

  • @HandyMan101 Social Security isn't "welfare" you idiot.

    I love it, you morons are forcing the Republicans to commit political suicide.

    You've written off the Black Vote, the Hispanic vote, the Women's vote, the Police and Firefighters,and now the disabled and the elderly.

    All you have left is the uniformed FOX "News" fans.

  • @SpitfireOFatj it incurs an interest rate.

    they just aren't holding it for you.

    reguardless. If I choose to save for my own retirement and tell the government I"m not gonna pay SS, I go to jail.

    What right does the government have to take the fruits of my labor, without my consent, and put it into an "insurance program"

    They have none...

  • Yeah, but what about after 25 years. Everyone only cares about the current retirees. I'm 44. What will happen to me when I'm 85? I am not rich and make a decent, but modest salary.  My 401K is crap. I'm not making anything on savings.

  • Sure we live longer...that is why Social Security taxes were doubled in 1989 under Ronald Reagan to keep is solvent. Things changed, Social Security changed to meet the challenge. People who say "Ponzi scheme" are speaking from their political talking points they got from their handlers and do not have a clue about actuarial experts who scientifically calculate such things for insurance companies.

  • @TheYoungTurdz "We are living longer and there is nothing wrong with extending the age to collect SS."

    We aren't living any longer now than when Social Security was first created.

    The "Life Expectancy" statistic you have heard about counts from cradle to grave. We aren't living longer, we just aren't dying when we are younger thanks to vaccinations for childhood diseases that use to kill us before we could grow even up.

  • @SpitfireOFatj Hell YES we are living longer than when the SS POnzi Scheme was first created!!!!

  • @TheYoungTurdz The fact that you call Social Security a "ponzi scheme" indicates that you are just another brainwashed defender of Right Wing lies.

    Next you will claim it's backed up by "IOUs".

  • please run for president!!! go mr sanders!!!

  • @HandyMan101 but of course you think it's not tyranny the next generation to be forced to financially support you in your old age? just like required driving insurance (which should be just that::: DRIVING insurance, not a requirement to separately pay for each car)... for the greater good. how would it be if we return to the days when working people had to, while trying to send their kids to college, financially support their aging parents? didn't work back then, won't work now.

  • @TheYoungTurdz unions are made up of working people who decide on purpose to allow themselves to be represented by people they pay to do the political work that will continue to provide safe and fair working conditions. the unions were developed to do this. big oil doesn't represent their workers nor their customers when they involve themselves in political action. they use their resources to do the opposite of what unions do. corporations use that money/power to make it legal to steal.

  • God Love Ya, Senator! I wish I was in your State - You'd have my vote!

  • "2 dislikes" Really?

    You know what, you two can just leave. no-one's stopping you. Good luck out there.

  • You are awesome Sen. Bernie Sanders!

  • Go Bernie! You conjure up memories of legislators before you with big visions and hearts. One who jumps to mind is Mo Udall, who's memory is being diminished by the very lobby for research to find a cure the disease that robbed him of his life, Parkinson's disease. A firm supporter of Social Security, Mo helped make Medicare law. But the Parkinsons lobby doesn't have Social Security or Medicare reform on its agenda! Could you give them a wake-up call too?

  • Tell it like it is, Bernie! I adore you!

  • Way to go Bernie! Too bad you're not a Canadian... We've got a political party that's looking for a leader just like you!

  • I love you, Bernie. How did you ever get into politics? Do you get the feeling that you don't fit in?

  • Great speech, you should run for President. these congressmen and senators who want to attack our S.S. and medicare should be forced to live on what us retired people get every month and see if they like it, it's fine to take away what we retired people worked to get when you make the money these people make, try living on a retired persons income, why not give us the same medical plan congressmen and senators get ?

  • I would marry this man but Ive been divorced three times and California has that three strikes law. Love him

  • GOP CONTROL SUPREME COURT ! GOP CONTROL CONGRESS ! GOP HAVE FILIBUSTER IN SENATE ! AMERICA IS CHECKMATED !!!

  • The first thing that should be done is to stop calling them ENTITLEMENTS, since we all PAID in and we are receiving what we deserve and planned for our whole lives

  • @TheBassplayah no, no, no... the first thing we should do is help people understand that the word 'entitlements' is a positive, good word. it's being thrown around like a swear word. it is the right word. we pay in, on purpose, to support the current generation in need, then the next generation pays in to support us when we're in need. we are most definitely entitled to receive that assistance, by virtue of having lived up to our promise.

  • @wiseoldsnail "the word 'entitlements' is a positive, good word."

    What the Right Wing did was change the word "benefits" to "entitlements" as a result of focus groups.

    It allowed Republicans to avoid the words "Social Security" or "Medicare". They now say, "Obama's Spending" and "Entitlements" interchangeably because they are letting their racist base believe the lie that Obama got into office and increased welfare for blacks and that's what crashed the economy.

  • @wiseoldsnail  In essence we agree with each other...its been given the wrong "color" these days by enemies of the Middle Class

  • this is the kind of information Democrats and Independents need to be providing their constituents, instead of allowing the RepubilCONS to drive their insidious lying counter -claims. It is incomprehensible how a competent Democratic/Independent public relations/public policy savvy cadre can consistently allow opposition views to command the hearts and minds of the American public. When those who represent common Americans don't do what Sander's does: they need to be replaced PROGRESSIVELY.

  • This has 6000 views and some celebrity breaking up with some other celebrity is sure to get millions a day. The apathetic public kinda gets what they deserve.

  • A $2 Trillion surplus for 25 years but what happens after 25 years?

    Alan Greenspan laid down the fix for this problem back in 1983. You know what the fix was? The fix was the SS ceiling for the rich increases with their wealth.

    And let me be clear about something. This fix doesn't mean the rich have to pay a larger percentage into Social Security, it means the pay the same percentage as everyone else.

  • I love this old man. He always speaks his mind and at his age, why not? What does he have to lose? Politics don't matter to this man. Bernie Sanders has a brain which is more than I can say for the rest of those idiots in Washington.

  • President Sanders 2012!

  • I'm afraid the younger generation hasn't seen our government be for the people. The EPA used to protect people from corporatations who pollute, now it's running interference for corps to do what they want. Our national parks used to be reserved for people to enjoy not for corporations to drill for natural gas. All they hear is that SS is broke and not how things were for seniors before SS and that there is no shortfall.

  • Senator...PLEASE RUN FOR PRESIDENT!!! PLEASE!!!

  • let me be clear: if you do not do EVERYTHING in your power to prevent entitlement cuts i will NOT support you. no matter WHO you are. in ANY way.not by voting for you campaigning for you or donating to your campaign. you must defend it with every shred of your being in a catacylsmic fight to the death. tooth and nail. filibuster ALONE if you have to.

  • go Bernie go

  • Thank you Senator Sanders, you are a Great American!

  • They do not have to cut social security as every since regan was in office the presidents have borrowed from it . It is a little known fact but true and it has been used to cut some of the deficit.

  • God Bless you Bernie Sanders with a long and healthy life. We need you!

  • @judyleasugar97 Not until the entire wealth of the nation is controlled by the top 1% and everyone else is a serf working for them.

  • Why isn't this man our President?

  • I would be proud to give Senator Sanders a standing ovation. One of the few good, honest men in politics.

  • Way to kick the two party illusion in the Butt Bernie.

  • Draft Ron Paul + Bernie Sanders 2012: They'd keep each other from the extremes, and they'd understand our intention: we want MASSIVE government reform NOW.

  • @GreatBigBore You do realize ROn does not support social security. Of course not the cult of ROn has brainwashed you.

  • @captcrais101 But Sanders would prevent Paul doing anything like that. They'd understand that we don't want changes to social programs or taxes; we want fundamental reform.

  • @GreatBigBore gross. i sure hope rep. sanders wouldn't get anywhere near ron paul. certainly not as paul's vice. that's absurd and actually makes me feel ill.

  • It is too bad that main street media will not help Bernie get the word out to the American population about this nonsense. He is a true American and we need more folks like him who will fight for the common good of man.

    We must demand that there be a Democratic Primary against Obama, as he no longer is willing to fight for us. We need someone like Bernie Sanders or Dennis Kucinich who will end these wars and bring our troops home for good.Write to the DNC and demand another candidate for 2012.

  • Keep going Bernie. We need more like you.

  • If you cut social security then give back my damn money with intrest

  • @reasonjr1960

    So, respect their wishes, why don't you? Feel free to use the word on your channel or in your videos or comment sections of those videos. No one has taken your freedom of speech away from you.

  • Such a pity he will not be able to become President. What a sane man.

  • Excellent speech Bernie. It's the speech that needs sent to America... and to Wall Street.

  • One sane man in a sea of idiots in Washington !!!

  • @justjulie37 Of course ! Please explain why the American people keep electing representatives of private companies dedicated to making a profit for a few ? What is the meaning of "the greatest good for the greatest number' ? Everyone has forgotten this and we really live in a sea of self interest.

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