Sanders fights Bush Nominee on WalMart tax breaks

Last week, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) grilled White House budget director nominee Jim Nussle at Nussle's Senate confirmation hearing. Sanders forced Nussle to go on record admitting that at a time the White House is trying to prevent better-funding children's health care programs, he supports giving the members of Wal-Mart's Walton family alone a tax break worth more than $30 billion.

Text above from David Sirota at http://www.workingassetsblog.com/2007/08/bush_nominee_blocked_after_he.html

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[DethMachineEngage]

Man fuck Wal-Mart, they have Chinese slave labor, eminent domain, and now tax breaks?

[kryz24v]

First of all Senator Sanders is an Independent Socialist. Second Both parties are corrupt and seem to support the destruction of individual rights the true freedom that this country is supposed to be based on.

[irishgodfatherchris]

@philstewart1022 they could be Hansard writers

[RadicalWhig]

@Goodash21 I'd be interested to hear more about how they do things in Denmark - what could the rest of us learn from the Danish system?

[philstewart1022]

the guy behind Sanders, wearing the glasses, can be seen in several of his videos. Who is his guy??

[bapyou]

2:19 "There are many reasons [so many Americans are unable to succeed financially]; I'm not sure it can be pointed at one person . . . "

Sheldon Wolin calleds the institutions of corporate America "inverted totalitariansm." Unlike classical totalitarianism in which a single figure (Hitler; Stalin) acts as a figure head of control, inverted totalitarianism is diffuse and unnacountable by any single individual.

This creep speaking here, dodging Sanders' question, exemplifies this perfectly.

[MCLogikILL]

Right wingers are too god damn stupid to answer Bernie with a straight face.

[stevan33ify]

i like how these assholes cant answer the question stammering greed

[Goodash21]

Haha..Americans...You should have listened to this guy back then. Remember, this was before the latest depression. And the rhetoric is still, that the wealthiest people of America needs more or else they will move jobs overseas. Well they are still moving jobs overseas!!!! How long does it take for you to get your heads together??

I'm sorry. I'm just a little agitated seing these people advocating tax cuts for the extremely rich in America.

And I'm Danish for crying out loud! Why should I care

[sinclair61]

At last Bernie had his hair done.

[soyagradecido]

How prescient. Should have listened to him then.

[hmongntaj]

First of all, we give the wealthy tax breaks so that they can use that money to fund charities and programs to help the poorer population. Second of all, what I just stated is complete bull crap.