Senator Sanders Unfiltered: It's Still a Recession, Stupid

[BillyT4evr]

This guy needs to run for president.

[k9kmc]

GOP GAVE AMERICA SECOND DEPRESSION AND SECOND VIETNAM !!!

[JackCastle01]

The rich don't need the streets fixed becauseTHEY CAN AFFORD TO LEASE A NEW CAR EVERY 2 YEARS. They don't need to get themselves in debt to buy a new car and make the banks richer.They don't have to wait 1 hour for the bus under no shed in the winter.They get to go to the best schools.They get to become the successful leading members of society.YOU PEOPLE WHO DEMONSTRATE AGAINST HEALTH CARE REFORM,GIVE REASON for the rest of the world to believe that YOU ARE THE STUPIDEST PEOPLE ON THE PLANNET.

[medliberty]

Its more than just "greed", its CRIMINAL FRAUD but no one seems to be willing to prosecute. I dont understand.

[thespedmanican]

this crap started way back when the first corporation said hmm were making 5 billion dollars a year but if we go to japan we can make 10 billion a year. then his competition said hey wait a minute i can do the same thing and so on and so on. they sit their and say oh we can't make it wannh wannh. the funny thing is that they were a huge corporation before they went oversees. so if they were'nt making it how did they get to be such a big corporation in the first place. it's all about greed.

[dmiat2485]

Unlimited consumption of limited resources is the true cause of our grief. Economic philosophies are merely an attempt to rationalize this simple fact.

Stop consuming more than we have and our problems will cease. Keep consuming and depression, starvation, unemployment, warfare and worse will naturally ensue.

Thus the true dividing line of civilizations and the criteria by which our Creators will judge us.

Save arguments for personal meditation. Speak in public to find common solutions.

[dizzymasekela]

Bernie Sanders is right again. And the Ron Paul zombies are wrong again.

[sagarat]

His solutions involve redistribution of wealth (Communistic principle), and preventing companies from sourcing foreign products and labor (Opposite to a global free economy)

I am really surprised with this guy thinking that the USA, one of the heartlands of capitalism, can no longer run itself on capitalistic principles.

It kinda makes USA aggression towards Vietnam and Cuba look even more atrocious.

[thespedmanican]

dude you are way off the last thing he talked about nailed it the corporations are the reason were in this mess taking away the jobs to overesees is the only reason the country is messed up think about it a factory closes down then all the places those people shopped at or ate at or got their car fixed at etc etc lose money theres your trickle down effect. the only reason these factories closed down is because greedy corps wanted more money

[yakyakyak69]

No, Mr. Sanders!

No, it was NOT deregulation that caused this economic mess. It was the Fed's artificially manipulating interest rates, easing loan criteria and easy fiat money coupled with YOUR Community Reinvestment Act and Progressive-Corporatist Central Planning BS.

YOU created the ENVIRONMENT that promoted Wall Street's malfeasance and malinvestment.

Wall Street just gambled knowing that Crony Progressive Politicians like YOU would bail them out if they lost.

It's YOUR FAULT!

[captcrais101]

Bernie Sanders supports Ron Pauls bill. YAK. Berine sanders is not a crony, you  moron

[yakyakyak69]

So Sanders (a socialist) supports Ron Pauls (a constitutionalist) Audit the Fed bill BUT not because Sanders does not believe in a central bank.

Sanders wants to be in control of printing the fiat money. Ron Paul wants to honor his oath of office which means LESS federal power & SOUND instead of fiat money.

Sanders wants MORE federal power and LESS individual liberty and personal responsibility.

The audit is the ONLY thing on which they agree!

[captcrais101]

Berine Sanders voted against the Bankers bailout.

[a1m7e7r6ica]

Globalization is the problem. Wake up America.

[carolynnmi]

"It's class warfare, my class is winning, but they shouldn't be." -- Warren Buffet, CNN Interview, May 25 2005, suggesting we need to raise taxes on the rich.

[deeppurple28]

@carolynnmi Don't call them the "rich", remember, they are called, "JOB CREATORS"! ROTFL!

[Hashjihadful]

I lived in Vermont since I have been 11, and Bernie Sanders is one of the most honorable and best politicians out. Free child health care in Vermont, free recycling for the City of Burlington that he introduced when he was mayor. I have talked to him multiple times in the Co-op in downtown Burlington. I propose every house and senate member change to an Independent and stop having giants corporate cocks shoved up their asses!

[karuneshNYC]

Obama' stimulus crap fixing road bridges etc it's the biggest skim, it only helps the union workers that's why unemployment keeps rising.

[thesparitan]

really where dd you get that imformation

[grnbn]

Hey dufus. The reason unemployment keeps rising is because all the wealthy that Bush gave tax breaks to DIDN'T reinvest in America. The economic trickle down that Bushco and every other Republican promised, trickled over to China, or India, or S.E. Asia, because labor is cheap there. Manufacturing jobs are becoming an endangered species here in America, and the products we buy are crap, because they're now made in Chinese sweatshops where the emphasis is pumping out product, and not on quality.

[mrshlmoltke]

Not true. he is making work and fixing what would need to be fixed anyways. 2 birds 1 stone.

[karuneshNYC]

Obama's deception continues but air head people continue believing the fairly tales of Obama jjajajja wake up people Obama is total fraud.

[dbstooge]

That's all you deserve as a response.

[waterflaws]

That's better than being a fascist fuckhead like most republicans.

[dbstooge]

Sanders is a communist cunt.

[Rasputin940]

It must be sad to so uneducated and uninformed. Everything you guys on the deranged right don't like must be communism. Get some education through your thick skull and then come up with something intelligent, but then again I do not believe in miracles.

[dbstooge]

Do you believe in fucking yourself?

[Rasputin940]

See? I was right, the only response your little brain can contrive is some obscenity. Not that I am a prude, I can also tell you to go fuck yourself, but it will only feed your vast ignorance and baseness. So I won't say it. As I said before, it must be very sad to be you.

[waterflaws]

The recession IS over...

for The Rich.

The meek shall inherit the earth

after The Rich have finished with it.

[aureliusdark]

The greed in our country is so rampant that many corporations have sacrificed American jobs and long term prosperity for short term gains and an uncertain future. By shipping our jobs overseas they have ruined our economy and effectively cut their own throats. This is where the bailout comes in. The corporations saw the writing on the wall and lobbied congress for protection. People new about the economic collapse months before September of last year. We have all been played for fools.

[biantai888]

They didn't cut their throats. The wealthy in poor countries live god-like lifestyles. Even better with a few billion from the government.

[AnarchyRules17]

extremely socialist!! 5*s! it's a step in the right direction at least...

[rlloyd81]

I agree with what he said. I think that a simple thing that needs to be done ASAP is to stop permitting employers to see and use credit reports. By allowing employers access to credit reports and permitting them to decline an applicant on the basis of what they see in that report creates an impossible situation for people seeking work. How can a person resolve their credit problems without a job? It's like a new debtor's prision.

[deeppurple28]

@rlloyd81 I am glad that at least one of us understands what's really going on! I mean this is retarded, this reminds of the story where a Father who always paid his bills on time ends up in the emergency room! Turns out he has Tens of thousands in Medical bills to pay thus he will be forced to file for bankruptcy! How will this affect him while trying to apply elsewhere? And is it the man's fault? America is fast becoming a JOKE! Nothing more!!!

[donotclickjim]

I agree completely with him but what happens when joblosses do drop? We will say the recession ended right, but then we have to ask, how did it end? The answer is we created another bubble by pumping in trillions into banks who then are free to leverage it 10x over for more loans. Loans equal work but it also means debt. I agree we need to reform wall street but what about our monetary system i.e. the Fed?

[Smartassawhip]

Howard Dean just sent out a new petiton and is hoping to get 250,000 signatures in favor of the public option. I have it in the comment section of my profile. Please take a moment to sign it and then pass it on. Thank you.

[robost]

Prosecute employers of illegal immigrants, pressure feeder nations of illegal nations to reform so their workers stay home,require labeling of GM crop products,raise min. wage, draft Sen. Bernie Sanders in 2012 for President.

[robost]

Get out of GATT,WTO,NAFTA,IMF. Reimpose tariffs, compell US corps. to bring back mfg. (tariffs, remove tax incentives),public financing of elections,instant run-off voting (IRV), bring back anti-trust enforcement,change 14th ammendment so 'natural persons' is inserted and only children of citizens get automatic citizenship, single-payer health system, free education, raise income taxes on wealthy to Johnson era levels, non-profit news media, close military bases overseas & cut military budget.

[juceme67]

theare are many fucking people in the government and in Wall street they just escalate and use the people to get there, to enrich themselves. People be humans and have dignity ans stop this. MAke a revolution in your lifeas and teach those people that we are not toys to play with us. We can't stand this situation enymore

[juceme67]

This is true, the recesion is not over. There are no jobs. Wal street people just want to fool the people with their bla bla bla. The people that work in Wall street are a very dishonest people they how the system in wall street works and htey know that many people in USA are Naive about what they do In there, and use the money that the people save in the banks to make profits for themselves.

[Jane102248]

Tell it like it is, Bernie. Love you for your staunch stand for Right in this world. Go, Bernie! We are behind you! Love, Jane

[ThePunkPatriot]

SOCIALISM!

And it's awesome!

[antifaith82]

unfortunately war is one of the worst ways to stimulate the economy. there are much better ways, like bernie said, to tighten up trade policies being one of them..

[taznruby]

Benie for President......

Have not agreed with everything he purports, but, on this, he is dead on.

[viralgerm421]

we need WW3, look at the good stuff that came from part 2. yeah people will die but thats the price to pay for shit we dont need. and to think we're "free".

[JWKessler]

Take a million bucks, spend it on some weapons, then blow them up. What do you have? You employed some people to build the weapons then you destroyed that wealth.

Take the same million bucks, spend it on a highway overpass. Now what do you have? You employed some people to build the overpass, then for the next 30 years or so you have a piece of valuable infrastructure that builds even greater wealth.

War may stimulate an economy but it is a terribly inefficient and wasteful way to do it.

[LeopardFrogPilboxhat]

"It's still a recession stupid"

Who you calling stupid? I'll kick your ass

[RobinDropping]

Stupid is as stupid does , or says, stupid.

[wildcatbungalo]

Love your show, Bernie, but what do we gain by arguing over whether the recession is over or not?

It's a term that is defined and either it is over or it isn't.

Like most people here, I am more concerned about people being gainfully employed than whether the recession is over or not. I'm more concerned with ending the ridiculous games and outright gambling that have become commonplace on Greed Street.

Let's focus on these things and not involve ourselves in pointless squabbles.

[hypnofan35]

Show me an insurance company slipping into poverty. Right after i got hurt on the job, Liberty Mutual must have thought i almost died on purpose while working one day. What is needed is a special dispensation for insurance company officials. What we have is criminal gangs running the country and doing it doggy style with insurance companies. They force you to buy in and then they screw you. Pretty unjust! Very dysfunctional. They would do a better job as ashes.

[keanucange]

its not walstreet its the goverment with the greedy banks and the banking rules about how 50% of liquidity of a bank must be in morgages. when a high amount of americans who were living off credit card debts and paying of one credit card with another and then unable to pay their morgages. so in the loooong sense its the americans themselves who made this mess. thanks americans nice job

[maryellen728]

"50% of liquidity of a bank must be in morgages"

Where did you get that idea?

[mo1elftausend]

I disagree that it is the Greedy Wallstreet who is to blame most. It is the Federal Reserve and the other 3 Branches of government.

[maryellen728]

Wall Street owns the goverment.

Don't believe it?

Look at political "donations" to campaigns.

Wall Street determines government policy by putting their candidates in office. They control the lawmakers, they control the government.

[2deluxe58]

*****

[TheDuckofLaw]

Wall Street pisses me off. but the rating agencies that sold out working Americans are the worst. These people should probably be hanged in public.

[FerFer1958]

nobody has discussed the possibility that these banks and institutions knew that they were going to be bail-out by the Bush Government, and that's the reason they were doing so many bad investments and risking money from others.

Also, those bad loans nobody will make them except if they knew they were going to sell them around the World and burn somebody else. That's is called a SCAM!!!

[wuastwais]

I agree.

It should be no surprise that wall street was bailed out so completely. They are regulated by the federal reserve. Since the federal reserve is a private company owed by people that have a vested interest in the success of wall street, they will not let their own interests fail.

[jona95822]

Is working part-time or at McDonalds considered employed? Where is the "Reality Bites" effect?

[episodeIII]

who killed JFK did u land on the moon has MJ gone home did u set up 9-11

[sophiegromit]

Bernie Sanders is a beacon of light in a sea of greed and special interests! I applaud his stance on reality.

[xffxi]

I agree with the statement about a new Wall Street. A country and the governing body of that country should be working together for the well being of the nation, NOT for their own personal greed or motives.

[FlowerClown]

America has been under liquidation starting in the 1980's.

Keep shopping at Wal-Marx

We don't make anything in the USA any more.

[maryellen728]

You are absolutely right.

No national figure in this debate has mentioned the massive job losses due to Wal-Mart.

Wal-Mart is the biggest corporation in America & they are destroying American jobs by selling nothing but cheap imported manufactured products from overseas. Every dollar spent at Wal-Mart is 20 dollars taken away from the American economy. Wal-Mart=Millions of jobs lost & the destruction of our way of life.

[dragonofthedarknight]

Shouldn't we do what we did last time? Create more jobs? I mean, don't we need more nurses and all? Think about it! The gov't still has a lot of money, doesn't it? I think they should pay for schooling nurses build more hospitals and then more people will have stable jobs and universal healthcare can exist without the problem of having less doctors and all. Or other jobs. Come on, we can use a few more fountains. Create more jobs!!!

[maryellen728]

You seem to believe that the problem with universal healthcare is "having less doctors and all." That isn't the case.

We're exporting raw materials & importing finished (manufactured) goods. We're paying others to produce what we purchase instead of manufacturing the goods ourselves. Why? Because it's more profitable to the manufacturers to pay slave wages overseas than to pay Americans a living wage.

If the only industry in the US were the medical industry, we'd be in big trouble.

[dragonofthedarknight]

Did I say that? To me, that is the ONLY problem which makes sense. Because to me the plan Obama originally had was good. The problem of less nurses and doctors is the only problem I acknowledge as a problem.

I'm not stupid, I know why we're manufacturing overseas. But that helps who, the big business! It won't hurt them if they have one less mansion. And it would give the average american population more jobs. Don't we need that? 17% of us don't have a job. I say we do need it.

[maryellen728]

We have enough doctors & nurses. Most Americans can't afford the medical care that's available. Increases in medical cost are out of control because the health care industry can charge whatever price they choose & because it's a for profit industry: pay or watch your baby die!

I don't know where you got the idea that we have a shortage of doctors & nurses but it's not based in reality. There's a shortage in some specialties but not overall.

Greed! Doesn't that problem make sense to you?

[bagehi]

If there are "enough" they would not be able to charge "whatever price they choose". Economics. The problem is the reverse. Insurance pushes the prices up for uninsured by paying percentages of billable rates. Like 30%.

[dragonofthedarknight]

It does not make sense to me, greed.

I didn't say we HAVE a shortage of nurses and doctors, but we will. Imagine there is 100 doctors for 500 people. Now imagine another 500 finally get health insurance. 1000 people per 100 doctors? Without paying them more? Or getting them help? Other reasons I find stupid, plain stupid. Make healthcare universal, with the option to have a private healthcare provider. That way rich people get their care, and bums get good care too. Other countries can do it.

[cowboybill117]

Clinton dropped all regulations that had been in place since 1919,that worked until he took them off. Bush tried to reinstall them starting in 2001, Congress would not do it. Again in 2004 it came to the house, the dems told him he didn't know what he was talking about. !5 months after the dems took over financial and banking services the economy in both services was where the meltdown was,.

[maryellen728]

WTF! The Financial Services Modernization Act was written by Gramm, Leach, and Bliley, all Republicans. Clinton signed the bill because Republicans in Congress had the majority & could override a Presidential veto. The initial vote was overwhelmingly REPUBLICAN. The Dems reluctantly went along.

Clinton had nothing to do with repealing the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933.

Republicans favor industry regulation? NO WAY!

The problems weren't created in 5 months as you imply. Neocons ignored problems.

[JXjohn]

this entitlement mentality must go before there could be any real changes. investing is risky, if you have no stomach for the possibility of losing money you should not be in the stock market. Take responsibility for yourself. Wall streeters will always try to steal form you. Regulations will only benefit those insiders with political connections. If you trust cheaters then you get cheated.

[y2knoproblem]

The problem Bernie is the Federal Reserve not Wall Street.

[bapyou]

Tell 'em Bernie! You're the man!

[Opus4210]

Bernanke's view of a recession is based solely on Wall Street's condition, which is the right thing for the Fed to do because it encourages more business activity, so I think it somewhat disingenuous to play it as if he is talking to the rest of us. However, I completely agree that deregulation got us into this mess.

And if the Supreme Court rules that a Corporation is a person, we will have a much more difficult time setting regulatory rules. I fear that recession will happen all over again.

[wuastwais]

Deregulation had some impact, but i implore you too look deeper to find the root causes.

This is a good argument:

watch?v=541bajR4k8g

[wuastwais]

I understand that deregulation is a problem, because they deregulate the things that force companies to compete, and offer protections from corporate tyranny.

My point is, if regulation can be used to crush corruption and ensure free competition, it can also be used to defend the interests of the politically connected. I contend we have a lot of regulation for the benefit of the politically connected.

[Scardy]

You mean where the regulations are skewed towards a specific group?

[wuastwais]

I say yes, and next month congress will be passing new regulations for the economy. Obama is proposing giving the federal reserve more regulatory authority over the economy.

I just do not think it is a good idea to turn over more power to a private company owned by wealthy investment bankers. The fed already has complete control of monetary policy with no meaningful oversight. Am i in the minority to notice the fed as the source of our economic problems?

[Scardy]

No, you're not. Deregulation allowed for a lot of this to happen as I understand it, and then when things turned sour, instead of helping out the workers, reinstating the regulations and such, they just handed over money to the greedy CEOs who had screwed up, and still allowed them to do as they pleased.

[wuastwais]

Yes regulation could be used good things, but they can also be used to defend the profits and power of the politically connected. I made a recording to try to start a discussion of this topic and the myth of deregulation being the root cause.

watch?v=Kg0s37NmrhU

[wuastwais]

should be "regulation could be used for good reasons"

[Scardy]

There is already a ruling that a corporation is a person. That's why they've been able to pull all this on us. I think that ruling has to be overturned.

[jhcowner]

There is proposed legislation to limit the ability of the financial community to

reward themselves for taking extreme risks. Conservatives will react as if the government is attacking

their religion, which it is . Business should be regarded

as tools of society used to enhance and enrich all the people and that genie needs to be put back in its bottle and only released when it is

for the benefit of all!

[mom4education]

Er...uh....have you checked out the U.S. Department of Defense contract expenditures lately? Makes the Wall St. debacle look like peanuts.

The REALITY is that U.S. taxpayers' contributions are being systematically ripped off by the U.S. Military Industrial Congressional Complex to fund purpose-less, never-ending wars.

Period.

Love and hugs,

mom4education

Orange, California USA

'Suppose they gave a war, and nobody came.'  McGuire & Captain, 1969

[glogg5]

to generaleskimo: regulation and oversight. That is the way to curb Wall Street's avarice and greed. We allowed Republicans in the Clinton administration to untie the leash and this is the result. Caveat emptor. Did you learn that in high school? Well, many Americans never bothered to find out what would happen when they bought stocks and bonds and houses during a deregulated market and then trusted the very bankers that were getting rich, to watch and advise them about investing.

[Bux7777]

We need production

[PISTOLcm]

"Do something for the productive economy."

This.

[shadowcnidarian]

Man, I want to move to Vermont.

[generaleskimo]

Normally I really like this guy, but here he is just strawmanning Bernanke's position; when he says "it is likely the recession is over", he means that it is likely that we have attained positive GDP growth (which is the definition of the end of a recession), and that we just have yet to get the quarter's data together. And the rest is just drivel... he wants to "design a new Wall-street". How do you go about doing that? That's what everyone wants, but its not a solution.

[billp1955]

This guy is a stud!

[Adv2k169]

preach brother preach !!!

I love the little cartoons in the video

[mancrushonhanksnow]

Man, I wish all politicians gave a shit about Americans, instead of a select few like Sanders.

[kazooga1234]

your a real assholic jerk go jump off a cliff

[charliemctruth]

Assholic? I must use that.

Why bring Cliff into the forum?

Schaloom ..

[kazooga1234]

i guess u dont watch =3

but y must u bring hate into this forum

[Dutchoven08]

The LA times declared the Recession OVER!

..on page 5 of the Business section:

Sept 17 2009

"Factory output up a second month,

signaling recession has ended"

So, it's all okay now, nothing to worry about.

Chillax.

Unless you're one of the 99.2% of Americans that didn't get billions to bail you out and buy out your competitors, making you even bigger than "Too big to fail".

Now that's Capitalism. Socialism for the rich, on the backs of the rest.

[wuastwais]

I agree with you, except capitalism is not socialism for the rich.

[Dutchoven08]

wuastwais:

The rich billionaire Bankers get a socialized bailout when their livelihoods are jeopardized, while the rest of are told that the system is "Capitalism" and we shouldn't look for a bailout when times get tough.

Hence, Capitalism for the masses, Socialism for the rich.

Somthin' ain't right here..

[wuastwais]

Dutchoven08, i agree with you when you say; " Capitalism for the masses, Socialism for the rich".

My disagreement with your original post was when you said;"Now that's Capitalism. Socialism for the rich, on the backs of the rest."

The u.s. system is much closer to fascism than free market capitalism. This distinction is like the difference between noam chomsky's view of socialism and communism.

[chingon711]

dow jones 9800!!!!

[katey1dog]

When the MEDIA address this crisis by decrying that it is the worst RECESSION since the 1930s...

THAT'S WHEN YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE IN A DEPRESSION.

[Teenagefreedomfightr]

Look people, the BBC made a very big note of this when the recession first hit. The term recession refers to economic shrinkage, it may effect other aspects of the society but that is not what it itself means. We may in fact be coming toward the end of the recession but not the other economic issues such as unemployment and economic corruption.

[mickeleh]

a little more attention to infographics please. The Senator said 17% and your chart showed 9.7%. That's a dissonance. If you want to illustrate a statistic, find or create a chart that matches what the Senator is talking about.

BTW: Thanks for this series. It's important and helpful that you're doing this.

[Plastique47]

The chart looks like its only showing the jobless rate increase at 9.7%. Not misleading if youre really paying attention.

[mickeleh]

I understand that the figures are referring to different stats. the 9.7 unemployed, combined with no longer seeking, and part time wanting full time add up to 17%. I am paying attention. It's still jarring to hear "17" and see "9." The graphic doesn't add to my understanding... it creates a visual-verbal dissonance. OK by me if the filmmaker has a different opinion. Just trying to help.

[Plastique47]

Oh, No I didnt mean that in an offensive or condescending way at all, i shoulda added a smiley face or something at the end or something. Seriously though it was harmless. Sorry

[wuastwais]

The government releases 6 sets of number (u1 thru u-6). The government reports the u-3, but mr. sanders was refering to the u-6 number.

Also, if they used the same formula that was used during the great depression, unemployment is around 20%.

[o0splitpaw0o]

Gettum' !

[PressForFreedom]

Forget Hobbs, embrace Locke.

Hobbs gives us Keynes.

Locke gives us Mises.

Thank you Bernie for helping Ron Paul in his bid to audit the FED, the true enablers of corruption.

[zndprophet]

Am I the only one who expected this recession to be this bad, and last this long?

I mean, a year ago people were acting like the world might end, and now they're upset that everything isn't completely back to normal. I don't get America some times.

Didn't we know that many, many jobs were going to be lost for a long period of time?

The AMOUNT of jobs people are losing is going down pretty significantly though.

It's not a perfect world. You can't just fix catastrophic mistakes overnight.

[wuastwais]

They are not being fixed, they are being made worse.

[wuastwais]

To clarify, the mistakes are not being corrected, they are making the situation worse.

Also, there is no going back to where we were.

[RCinPAWA]

The Wall Street that Senator Sanders envisions cannot happen because the Wall Street that now exists won't allow it to happen. Sadly, the Wall Street that now exists runs the Federal Government.

[NatureLegalized]

"If the American people ever allow the banks to control the issuance of their currency, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property, until their children wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered." ~ Thomas Jefferson

[NatureLegalized]

"Corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed."

-Abraham Lincoln, in an 1864 letter

[bapyou]

Go to the head of the class, Abraham.

Where did you obtain this quote, Nature? Do you have a reference?

[NatureLegalized]

bapyou, don't recall either right now.

"The real rulers in Washington are invisible and exercise power from behind the scenes."

~ Felix Frankfurter U.S. Supreme Court Justice

"It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning."

~ Henry Ford

[btigtime2]

See how fact Obama got called a protectionist when he put on a very small tariff on the importation of tires. China is got us over a barrel and can take us any time they are ready. If you are going to do anything protest the WTO. Now.

[PersonalJesus348]

It just started.  Recession maybe over, but the Depression is beginning.

[Wendy62]

Amen Senator Sanders! I'm unemployed, getting no child-support because my ex has given up looking. What kind of oxymoron is it, to talk about "a jobless recovery"?

[oldhacks]

Bernie will NOT answer our basic question of where he stands on DIRECT DEMOCRACY. wtf?

make him answer the question baldy

[NatureLegalized]

oldhacks, that says it ALL but if I may, by this time (late date on the time track) any politician not heavily promoting DIRECT DEMOCRACY willfully & yea I tell you full well intentionally continues to be a certified 100% Meat Puppet

[dopeskies]

Fuck "CONS"ervatives

[FixedNewsChannel]

If the government tried to reform wall st like that they would get thrown out of office for being supposed communists.

[goldgrif]

yes, the truth is we are controlled by big business most seem to be stupid to understand it, mcconnell in kentucky totally made rich by his connection to business here,

[zndprophet]

very true.

thats what happens when people REALLY try to correct our economic problems-they get labeled as villains, and then enough gullible middle class americans believe that they are villains, and things stay the same.

the right says "how's that hope & change working out for ya?"

and I say "Maybe if you stopped getting in the way of it I could tell you!"

[FixedNewsChannel]

Exactly, but they manage to get the poorest of society to sign up for their message aswell.

This puzzles me. These are the same major firms who lobby against increases in the minimum wage and increases in health benefits.

Do you know what a "cock-block" at a party is? That is my best definition of the Republican party today.