We Have Unlimited Money for Bombs
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- We have misplaced national priorities.
Americans see us spending - with almost no debate - nearly $1 trillion a year on the military.
We have unlimited money for bombs and tanks.
But we can’t find the money to provide healthcare to all people?
*For average American to survive,I think will all need to find alternative means,The government has really called things more difficult for its citizens, and we can't sit back and bear all the consequences of the bad governance.It's obvious we are headed for hyperinflation, it is always the poor who take the hit.*
Things are getting worse this days, if you don’t find a way to multiply your income, you might wake up one day to realize you didn’t plan well for yourself and family.
My major concern now is how can we generate more revenue during quantitative times? I can’t afford to see all my savings crumble to dust.
The cost of living is making people go into different businesses anyways, but my problem is that the rate at which money gets finished on little purchases is so surprising.
That's true
I saw all this coming so i had to switch to Crypto trading and I'm really enjoying the fact I made the right choice because of my weekly earnings.
@@marier.sherman*How did you do that? Because I've tried it severally but seems not working.*
The senator is 100% correct...
And also a scam artist and a coward
No he isn't
@@marylamb7707 What is he wrong about? Everything he said is true.
@@marylamb7707Why is it that when you folks disagree with something it’s either a blanket non evidence based statement or name calling. Can’t you please bring a fact for once to support your argument?
@@carpediem8714"facts don't care about your feelings." Now you can see why there always so angry and bitter on the right. Blanket statements make the orange cult feel nice and warm, protected from your mainstream arguments, your lack of alternative facts.
God, there’s no one else like Bernie in US politics who just stands there and speaks human truth to power. We need more politicians that does what he does
Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. Dwight D. Eisenhower
The same guy who helped start up NATO. The devil is in the details
Get rid of the electoral college. Get rid of lobbyists. Let the voices of the majority be heard and acted upon. Free healthcare, free education, affordable housing for all, and freedom from hate!
I'll be your running mate if you add term limits and gerrymandering to your list.
Or get people to show up and vote for real Progressives like Bernie.
Agreed. Humane immigration reform including accelerated asylum seeker processing. No starting, finishing, or perpetuating of foreign wars without the consent of the American people. Term limitations for Congress. No lifetime appointments for any judges, federal or state. Cabinet members not able to accept paid positions in job related to their cabinet post for 10 years at least. Increased government funding to NIH so grant holders will not depend on big pharma for money. Public funding of congressional elections. Reversal of Citizens United. No more subsidies to oil and gas. Require oil and gas to fully supply US market prior to foreign sales. Convert utilities to publicly held entities. Massively increase infrastructure spending with emphasis on public transportation. Fund a new "space race" in search of sustainable clean energy sources and to identify young, talented individuals. See what all we could do with that money!! (And a few hundred Bernies.)
You can move to a socialist country any time you want.
@@marylamb7707your nuts period
The money is all there. It's the will of the powerful corruppt to keep the rest of us poor.
The Bows of the Warriors are Broken,
But those who stumbled are full of strength,
Those who are Full hire themselves out for food.
But those who were hungry, will Hunger no more
She who was Barren', has borne 7 Children,
But she who has many Sons, Pines away".
The Lord makes death and brings alive,
he brings down to the Grave' and raises up'
The Lord sends poverty and weallth,' he humbles and exhaults'.
He raises the poor, from the Dust",
and lifts the needy from the ash heap
He seats them with princes, and has them Inherit the Throne of Honour";.
For the Foundations of the Earth are the 'Lords,
Upon them he has set the World,
He will guard the feet, of his saints".
But the wicked will be silenced in Darkness
1 Sam 2:4
So how do we fix this?
@@mhilde7744 Don't vote for the party that continues to block health care, education, food insecurity, while at the same time passes laws that give taxation breaks and loopholes that makes Banks and the top 4% more powerful, while also not listening to national security leadership.
The GQP and MAGA are cancer of democracy around the world.
It's modern day slavery we've been sucked into.
Its called capotislim 😅
This Great Man should have been President of the United States of America, but unfortunately the People did not recognize Him. Greetings from Morelia.
For years the American people have been screaming to get rid of the Electoral College.
Government has no interest in doing what the people want.
I've said this so many times. The Electoral College has irreparably harmed our Republic, and anyone who denies this is lying or ignorant.
The Electoral College is not the problem, the Electoral College was set up as another element of the Balance of Power which helps keep one branch of government over reaching their authority and keeps large states with large populations from dominating small states or states with small populations (which have different needs than large states). Term Limits for both houses of Congress would do much more to get our politicians to listen to their constituents.
Nobody I know wants to get rid of the electoral college. As a Californian support for it has gone up as we give all the hoards of illegals coming into the state the right to vote without being a citizen, so I really don’t know what you’re talking about.
@@DRUmBEaTTS term limits would be good.
@1Kent Right? Trump lost the popular vote and became president. So why vote?
I love you Bernie and appreciate all you do for us. The only sincere politician in the US. Bernie for President!!!
Sincere??? Did you NOT see him bowwwww out to Hillary Clinton and take the establishment plan lying down? Your memory block that out?
Wish he were younger
Same but it'll never happen.
Oh I agree.
I listen to Mr. Bearnie without speeding you the video.
But it is just impossible for me to listen to Genocide joe crawling his speech even with 2X video speed.
I too wish he can be our next President.He is still a brilliant Senator,age is only a number.
Bernie is still one of the few politicians that represents the voice of the people, not the voice of super PACs and lobbyists.
As a Dutch citizen I totally agree!
As a British person I too agree, actually how many so called Democrats are even remotely critical of Americas warmongering, especially, regarding the obvious Genocide in Gaza. Remember the way politicians are speaking/not speaking out. Lest we forget.
@@user-em3vl6li5w True!
Too bad he runs under a Social Democratic Economic Policy. He's good at pointing out financial mismanagement, but his replacement plans don't pan out successful elsewhere tried. I am in whole-hearted agreement with Bernie on this current issue however.
I wrote him in, when he ran as I couldn’t vote for the other options.
Amen brother! I've been saying this for 20yrs and people look at me like I'm nuts.
Teach me the man how to fish
Frustrating
We are hurting..no government help. Im so disgusted. We cant afford to shop! get them .
Please have a look at the achievements in the Biden-Harris Record. Are any of those changes helping you yet? www.whitehouse.gov/therecord/
No, that is simply not true. The American government takes in some immigrants as ALL wealthy nations do. It's part of the way that nations work. @@rootofsignificance9575
It's weird that he's 82 years old and CLEARLY more cognizant than both Trump and Biden, but he's put on the sidelines because the masters don't like what he says. I don't know the man personally, but he's as close to a good man as I can imagine on the surface. When he's gone I don't know if we'll ever have another one like him.
My only hope is that he is raising a generation of us who will follow in his steps.
He's my neighbor in Burlington VT and what you see is what you get .Brooklyn born street smarts mixed with the melting pot that is Brooklyns belief that we are all in this together. Fair is Fair means everyone.
Why doesn't everyone vote for him 🤔
@@PocahontasInvestmentProperty dunno ig many ppl see him as communist or some.
@@prome3439He is not a communist at all. 😆
We could cure cancer, fix Climate change and help the poor with all the money we spend on 'Defense'.
then why does he vote for it everytime?
we could probably do that with the money we spend on healthcare... if we just removed the massive overhead of corporate profits.
#forcethevote #M4A@@markcalhoun8219
This man is on of the very few politicians who still have some humanity left in them . May God reward you efforts dude
Our government hasn’t served us in a long while. The government IS the problem.
Now you are the only sane voice in government.
Yeah and whenever the establishment tells him to bow, he will. He already has. He’s just a useful puppet.
he voted for this. he voted to genocide gaza and will everytime. he voted for war over and over. he is part of the problem and sheep like you dont call him out.
Please don't forget Katie Porter she's truly awesome put her and Bernie together and you've got one hell of an awesome team🎉
LOL good one. That is a great team of fake progressives that sheep dog people to the warmongerer party@@janncoons7445
Did you just use Bernie and sane in the same sentence? LOL
US Defence spending is only 3.4% of GDP. Near an all time low. And extremely low by any historical standard. US Defence spending is 831.78 billion. Not a trillion like Bernie said. Bernie lied. And its Bernie's policies that people are fed up with. Like Democrats using non stop open immigration, high taxes, and over regulation to put slack into the labor market year after year. Which gives all the power to employers, driving down wages, and immigration drives up housing prices at the same time. To the point tens of millions of Americans don't have any money left over at the end of the month. And it's the low wages and lack of power at the bottom that allows the excesses at the top. Causing the wealth gap.
Compare that to JFK style conservative policies of using low taxes, smaller government, deregulation, and less immigration to tighten up the labor market. Which gives power back to workers. Raises wages. Allows for advancement. Allows for mobility. Allows people with bad job records or few skills to get jobs. And gives people dignity.
If Democrats actually cared about lower income people, and were capable of compassion and empathy, they would be Kennedy/Reagan conservatives.
You can’t be for big government, big taxes and big bureaucracy and still be for the little guy.”.......Ronald Reagan
The ever expanding power of the federal government, the absorption of many of the functions that states and cities once considered to be responsibilities of their own, must now be a source of concern to all those who believe as did the great patriot, Henry Grattan that: “Control over local affairs is the essence of liberty.” Commencement Address, University of Notre Dame, January 29, 1950.....John F.Kennedy
People often talk about utopia. If we didn't waste $2 trillion a year worldwide trying to kill each other, it wouldn't take long to get there.
We spend money on the wrong stuff. -Carl Sagan
"You're GD Right." --Heisenberg
Not you politician master do
They get voted in @@yasminenazarine1629
1.8 trillion dollars for the rich shameful
You mixed up defense with offense.
It is absolutely insane how much all the different governments around the world spend on fighting over resources. Take that amount of money and put it towards something constuctive instead of destructive. The world would change for the better overnight instead of going down the toilet.
Growing up over the past few years into my mid 20s I have really come to respect the things bernie says. As a conservative teen I hated him for the dumb reason of calling him a socialist, but growing up these past years and seeing people and my own families suffer due to high cost of health care while we spend so much on other countries and our military. I do really wonder what our priorities are as a nation because at times again and again I truly believe it's not for the people.
Most of the problems and issues facing America could easily be solved by removing AIPAC.
it's just one of the many lobbies of its kind
I disagree. AIPAC is just one group taking advantage of the corruption of American politicians who don't care about us. We need to replace most of Congress with people as decent and responsible as Bernie.
bernies friends! how is he going to get money funneled to him?
...and by thinking....
TREASON CHARGES.
Any POLITICIAN taking any funding or support from ISRHELLI LOBBIES IS A TRAITOR TO HIS OWN COUNTRY & PEOPLE. Lobbying MUST be banned from politics , especially from foreign countries . MAKING LOBBYING ILLEGAL
A society that routinely places greater value on its weapons than its people will eventually have nothing else of value, no culture to defend and no one outside of the military to defend it. Even if its enemies are destroyed, it will have become its own worst enemy, having caused more destruction to itself than any enemy abroad could have ever hoped.
Well said. 👍
Your message is what we need to hear more often. Thanks!
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So true 👍
🎯
And the populace, especially in the midWest, Texas, and Florida, sure seems to have enough money for lots of guns.
I'm so sick of this government, they have there own agenda.
Thank Sir Bernie for being the voice of the citizens of the US
He's been in office his entire adult life, he's part of the problem
Bernie speaks the truth, but still not root for Biden or democrats. The world needs Trump once again. 🎉👁️👄👁️
@@JackyMan22 yes I agree he speaks the truth, he's just speaking it to slap us in face, he's a 3 mansion owning multi millionaire
As a veteran & a patriotic American, nobody wants a stronger military than me. But I can also tell you what Bernie is saying about the excessive spending on *no-bid* military contracts is absolutely correct. This is exactly what President Dwight D. Eisenhower (former WW2 General) warned *warned* us about b/4 he left office...back then already.
Even Abe Lincoln at the end of the war talked about the dangerous growth of the arms industry’s influence on politics. Basically warning us about the military industrial complex without using Eisenhower’s term for it.
US Defence spending is only 3.4% of GDP. Near an all time low. And extremely low by any historical standard. US Defence spending is 831.78 billion. Not a trillion like Bernie said. Bernie lied. And its Bernie's policies that people are fed up with. Like Democrats using non stop open immigration, high taxes, and over regulation to put slack into the labor market year after year. Which gives all the power to employers, driving down wages, and immigration drives up housing prices at the same time. To the point tens of millions of Americans don't have any money left over at the end of the month. And it's the low wages and lack of power at the bottom that allows the excesses at the top. Causing the wealth gap.
Compare that to JFK style conservative policies of using low taxes, smaller government, deregulation, and less immigration to tighten up the labor market. Which gives power back to workers. Raises wages. Allows for advancement. Allows for mobility. Allows people with bad job records or few skills to get jobs. And gives people dignity.
If Democrats actually cared about lower income people, and were capable of compassion and empathy, they would be Kennedy/Reagan conservatives.
You can’t be for big government, big taxes and big bureaucracy and still be for the little guy.”.......Ronald Reagan
The ever expanding power of the federal government, the absorption of many of the functions that states and cities once considered to be responsibilities of their own, must now be a source of concern to all those who believe as did the great patriot, Henry Grattan that: “Control over local affairs is the essence of liberty.” Commencement Address, University of Notre Dame, January 29, 1950.....John F.Kennedy
Yeah like there's nothing wrong with wanting a stronger military, especially with adversaries like Russia and China out there. But the vast majority of the military's budget (and the lives of its soldiers) have instead gone to rampaging through the Middle East, slaughtering civilians to take their oil, or invading communist/socialist countries to stop those movements regardless of the will of that country's people, in the name of capitali- (cough) uh sorry, 'freedom'. And then the fighting keeps going because wouldn't you know, when you slaughter people's families for no reason for no reason, it's much easier for someone to radicalise them into a terrorist so long as the 'protectors of the free world' are a common enemy.
Aid for Ukraine and reinforcing the naval presence near China and Taiwan are the only sensible things I've seen the US military do in the entire time I've been alive. How much of a total percentage of the US budget from the last 20 years did that take? 2%? 3%? Not even? Not even close probably.
@@practicaliching2311Reagan was a known racist and hurt this country through his ruthless war on drugs. Bernie didn't lie, just look at the cost of the F-35 program. Lockheed Martin’s $1.7 trillion F-35 fighter jet is 10 years late and 80% over budget.
Many "official" government military budgets "unofficially" have cost overruns (especially newer systems or where there's no competition/no-bid contracts). Hence, Bernie's stated trillion dollar military budget might very well be understated by how many billions we can only help but wonder. President Lincoln's and President Eisenhower's *warnings* about the military industrial complex getting hold of the nation's purse strings *still* applies.
You are one of the few in the Congress and Senate with a conscience and true courage to speak truth to power. Thank you for your service.
This man will be missed when he’s gone. The voice of reason. The voice of the people.
Now here's a politician who's actually saying what everyone's thinking!
NOT !
Well just wait until Hillary Clinton tells him to shut it. He’ll jump like a lap dog
he voted for the bombs and didnt call for ceasefire day 1. bernie is part of the problem.
Yes Bernie speaks for every American issue
Remember, if you didn’t have the deplorables, you wouldn’t have this country -who else is going to do all the dirty work😂
Recall Citizens United.
It's crazy it's even called that. It has nothing to do with citizens.
@@stevena105 That's how the right wing works.
@@stevena105 Don't forget the Patriot Act which legitimized domestic spying.
@@trappedinamerica7740
Public Relations - > Propaganda
Lobbying - > Bribery
Active Military Engagement - > War
Enhanced Interrogation Techniques - > Torture
Rectal Feeding - > Rape
😂😂😂😂
Liberals and Bernie bros say that but gave away the Supreme Court in 2016
Feel the Bern! I had a friend put his own name on a local in for a school board position and he won by one vote - he was the only one who put his name in for the position. The school board didn’t know he was an Ace CPA. He couldn’t believe what was being done with tax payer’s money. Bonds had been paid off, but money was still collected every year “because the people were used to paying it and we can use it for a “rainy day”. Gee, maybe the people could use it for a rainy day themselves. Large amounts of money were held in account accruing interest. The account was set up for a specific project but the project was stopped. But the money couldn’t be use for anything else because it was collected just for the (discontinued) project.
We see the city fear monger, saying the fire department needs more funds so they can get to your house on time. But then they say the money will be spent on staff - even thought it’s traffic congestion that slows down the fire trucks. But wait, there’s more. Turns out, the money goes into a general fund that can be spent on other projects. It’s not exclusively for the Fire Department.
When Gov’t asks you for more money, they already have enough. They just have to change their priorities. Reading the financial history of the F-35 fighter jet will make you cry when you realize what could have been done with the money. But some people and corporations get very rich while exercising great financial irresponsibility.
Many people lost their life savings in the banking debacle of 2006. Some were fortunate to have have social security - that the Republicans are trying to take away. Recall that when those same financial institutions cried for “bail out” money, they gave themselves $600,000 bonuses with it.
My sadness is Bernie isn’t going to last forever. And I don’t see a mini-Bernie out there training to take his place.
he doesn't care about you or what you want. he has no spine. he sold you out in 2016
AOC is Bernie's Progressive in training. And she's wonderful. But there will never be another Bernie because of what he's been through. His extended family was murdered in the Holocaust in Poland. He was active in the Civil Rights movement in the 60's and 70's. He spent time on a Kibbutz in Israel. His personal history is so unique. AOC also has an interesting personal history, but it is so different from Bernie's. Somehow they got to a similar place with Bernie leading the way. Love them both.
@@jeremiahpattillo2932 😂😂😂😂😂 she's a total fraud. She's a Pelosi in training. That's why she cuddled right up to Pelosi as soon as she grabbed power.
I was wondering if anyone else noticed this year's defence budget was within .004 of $ 1,000,000,000,000
Bernie, why aren’t you on my ballot?
Because the higher order of Dem doesn't support Bernie. Like last election when they wouldn't even mention his NAME on CNN when he was winning the Primaries....they literally just referred to him as the front runner....meanwhile constantly dropping Biden's name.
citizens allowed the DNC to cheat him twice.
bc he was cheated by the DNC in 2016 and 2020. He didnt call it out and is good friends with genocide joe and the people that cheated him. bernie is a grifter.
Ask the large corporations that own are United States there are the ones that are running the country
With the generous help of AIPAC @@OMMXxPeNnY
But they say we can’t feed the poor
We got money for war
@@kingyellowman5762 because…..America is a warmonger. Whether it be directly or by proxy, it’s itching to fight globally. Even if it has zippo to do with the U.S., us.
How will we pay for it? /s
We can feed and house every American on all the immense taxes that are forced out of us -- they extort us and tell us it’s for us and the country but instead it goes to war and lobbyist and OTHER countries.
@@413smr get corporations and rich people to pay their fair shares of tax. Abolish fiscal paradise.Done!
Yes, thank you Dear Bernie for speaking and standing up for the truth. Wishing you and yours Happy Valentine's Day. May you be surrounded by love and warmth. Diana, Chicago.
And people thought Bernie was too old to be president..... the 2 guys running don't have half a brain left.
Food not bombs. That’s OUR money. ❤️Bernie!
and FREE weed LIKE WTTTF that would make most adults chill TF out and we could all be in peace and eat chips together not try to hurt each other
Food for who?
@@rougeHuntresssounds like something Putin would get on board with!
US Defence spending is only 3.4% of GDP. Near an all time low. And extremely low by any historical standard. US Defence spending is 831.78 billion. Not a trillion like Bernie said. Bernie lied. And its Bernie's policies that people are fed up with. Like Democrats using non stop open immigration, high taxes, and over regulation to put slack into the labor market year after year. Which gives all the power to employers, driving down wages, and immigration drives up housing prices at the same time. To the point tens of millions of Americans don't have any money left over at the end of the month. And it's the low wages and lack of power at the bottom that allows the excesses at the top. Causing the wealth gap.
Compare that to JFK style conservative policies of using low taxes, smaller government, deregulation, and less immigration to tighten up the labor market. Which gives power back to workers. Raises wages. Allows for advancement. Allows for mobility. Allows people with bad job records or few skills to get jobs. And gives people dignity.
If Democrats actually cared about lower income people, and were capable of compassion and empathy, they would be Kennedy/Reagan conservatives.
You can’t be for big government, big taxes and big bureaucracy and still be for the little guy.”.......Ronald Reagan
The ever expanding power of the federal government, the absorption of many of the functions that states and cities once considered to be responsibilities of their own, must now be a source of concern to all those who believe as did the great patriot, Henry Grattan that: “Control over local affairs is the essence of liberty.” Commencement Address, University of Notre Dame, January 29, 1950.....John F.Kennedy
@@uncoiledfish2561 people who need it,, not those who can afford it.
It's not like dropping bombs is going to get you $ either.
Medicare For All, Bernie.
One of the very few politicians spitting facts
Thank you Sen. Sanders. I appreciate you speaking up about these issues. It is a shame that the DNC did not have the courage to make you president in 2020.... Yet, you continue on. Telling the truth with vigor and strength. Thank you. You are a real American.
This man makes more sense than anyone I’ve seen
And we came so close to making this man President. But the oligarchs prevented it.
Those that work for the oligarchy and in charge of their wealth made it happen or not happen.
This is the sole reason why I moved my family out of the country we were born in(USA) to move to Europe. If your going to steal from me through taxes; at least I get something to show for it. I get nothing from 700 plus military installations around the world, aircraft carriers, trucks, tanks, etc., etc..
Tell me how a country with 2 vast oceans for borders and with friendly neighbors to the north & south needs a military budget this large?
China has a fraction of that budget and they have countries bordering theirs with nuclear weapons.
And congress doesn't even question or put an inquiry on why have of military funding is unaccounted for but makes welfare, the post office, and social security count every single penny.
For the past 3 years my husband and I have lived paycheck to paycheck. I work one full time job with as much overtime as i can handle and my husband works 2 full time jobs. Every time we get paid 26% of our checks go to taxes and we still owe thousands each year everytime we file our taxes. There are no programs to help us when we are struggling, our rent has gone up 16% every year since the pandemic. We can't save for a down-payment on a home, and we want children, but there is no way we can afford it. What are we paying for? When will our government focus on the Americans that are struggling?
Exactly, Democrats have used non stop open immigration, high taxes, and over regulation to put slack into the labor market year after year. Which gives all the power to employers, driving down wages, and immigration drives up housing prices at the same time. To the point tens of millions of Americans don't have any money left over at the end of the month. And it's the low wages and lack of power at the bottom that allows the excesses at the top. Causing the wealth gap.
Compare that to JFK style conservative policies of using low taxes, smaller government, deregulation, and less immigration to tighten up the labor market. Which gives power back to workers. Raises wages. Allows for advancement. Allows for mobility. Allows people with bad job records or few skills to get jobs. And gives people dignity.
If Democrats actually cared about lower income people, and were capable of compassion and empathy, they would be Kennedy/Reagan conservatives.
You can’t be for big government, big taxes and big bureaucracy and still be for the little guy.”.......Ronald Reagan
The ever expanding power of the federal government, the absorption of many of the functions that states and cities once considered to be responsibilities of their own, must now be a source of concern to all those who believe as did the great patriot, Henry Grattan that: “Control over local affairs is the essence of liberty.” Commencement Address, University of Notre Dame, January 29, 1950.....John F.Kennedy
@@practicaliching2311Please have a seat. This is not a democrat problem nor a republican problem. It is a corrupt overall govt problem were we have all agreed to let a bunch of rich idiots make decisions that benefit them instead of the rest of us. And that goes for both parties. You really think those greasy, two faced republicans who kiss Trump's rearend give af about their constituents beyond getting reelected? And the dems dont care either. But Im sick of ppl like you who are so brainwashed that you think either side is the answer when the answer is none of the above.
I've been working multiple jobs for about 7 yrs now, currently working two full time jobs, and still cant afford a house. This is what happens when we let a bunch of rich ppl make all the decisions that will benefit them and not us. Neither party cares about the avg American. They cant relate. They dont know what it's like to have simple dreams like owning a washing machine and dryer. Like, thats how little I wish for at this point, owning a washer and dryer.
@@charmedlilsis1hello, hanks for your comment. It is similar here in the EU- Spain, except that we have national health care at least. But the rich get richer and the salaries are not high enough. Have a good day.
Where is this that 3 full time incomes cant afford your lifestyle?
ceasefire bernie! please
end the illegal occupation!
You will go dawn in history Bernie for being brave and just. A true citizen among citizens and politicians. God bless you Bernie.
The sad thing is congress pays more in interest payments than they do on defence. Fiscal policy is so screwed up in America recently
This is so accurate. Imagine what we could do if we quit wasting so much money on weapons of war. This would be a different planet.
Imagine also a war at the border of your country. Safety costs much. And freedom even more.
US Defence spending is only 3.4% of GDP. Near an all time low. And extremely low by any historical standard. US Defence spending is 831.78 billion. Not a trillion like Bernie said. Bernie lied. And its Bernie's policies that people are fed up with. Like Democrats using non stop open immigration, high taxes, and over regulation to put slack into the labor market year after year. Which gives all the power to employers, driving down wages, and immigration drives up housing prices at the same time. To the point tens of millions of Americans don't have any money left over at the end of the month. And it's the low wages and lack of power at the bottom that allows the excesses at the top. Causing the wealth gap.
Compare that to JFK style conservative policies of using low taxes, smaller government, deregulation, and less immigration to tighten up the labor market. Which gives power back to workers. Raises wages. Allows for advancement. Allows for mobility. Allows people with bad job records or few skills to get jobs. And gives people dignity.
If Democrats actually cared about lower income people, and were capable of compassion and empathy, they would be Kennedy/Reagan conservatives.
You can’t be for big government, big taxes and big bureaucracy and still be for the little guy.”.......Ronald Reagan
The ever expanding power of the federal government, the absorption of many of the functions that states and cities once considered to be responsibilities of their own, must now be a source of concern to all those who believe as did the great patriot, Henry Grattan that: “Control over local affairs is the essence of liberty.” Commencement Address, University of Notre Dame, January 29, 1950.....John F.Kennedy
What is most annoying is a lot of our tax money is going to wealthier nations who have free education and health care for their citizens, while here in America people die because they cannot afford to see a doctor or pay for a prescription medication.
You have the luxury to move.
The counties you are bombing like Palestine do not.
What a cry baby you are.
"The Inflation Reduction Act is a historic legislative achievement that lowers costs for families, combats the climate crisis, reduces the deficit, and finally makes the largest corporations pay their fair share. For the first time, Medicare is able to negotiate the price of certain high-cost drugs, a month’s supply of insulin for seniors is capped at $35, Medicare beneficiaries pay $0 out of pocket for recommended adult vaccines, and seniors’ out of pocket expenses at the pharmacy will be capped at $2,000 a year. And thanks to the President’s actions, including a historic release from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, gas prices are down more than $1.60 from their summer 2022 peak." www.whitehouse.gov/therecord/
None of this is new, just new to some of us. There is nothing we can do. Accept that you are powerless. You are a slave. You always will be. War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.
I am from iran and yes i am completely agree with him about it i previously thought our regime in iran ignores us completely but now i know all goverments do the same unfortunately.
America, Land where you pay for Water & Air
Half the annual budget goes to the military. Bombs, planes, the industrial military complex. He's spot on.
Thank you again Bernie for everything you say in the defense of dignity of everyday people and against the military machine/ lobbyists.
Yes! Keep going, Bernie. We the people-and our government-deserve and deeply need your work.
Every time I listen to this man I have more respect for him. He’s America’s conscience.
A voice of sanity in all the madness! Much love Bernie from the UK x
Bernie Sanders is a gem!! A beautiful soul!! The US authorities aren't tired of sowing death everywhere? I am in France and really, we have been jaded by your behavior for some 40 years. Keep your guns, keep your dollars and take care of your people. Take care of your unemployed young people, take care of your racists, take care of your poor differently by solving your problems than by the war debts that you make your people bear. You have a huge continent, with everything you need in it, in terms of raw materials, businesses, labor, etc. Stay home, keep your weapons and leave us alone!
Thank you again, Bernie, for being so in touch and speaking truth. It must be so frustrating to have been continually talking about this repeatedly, year after year after year, and not being able to enact policy for change. However, you have helped to build the momentum of a movement that is gaining traction. Eventually the dam must break!!
Senator Sanders is one Jew I adore !
Someone who has the decency to rise and talk about this elephant in the room. I applaud you mr Sanders.
Like how RFK has been doing with his campaign?
Hrs got my vote.
Spoiler alert. Bernie’s the elephant.
More like someone ah has the aufacity o live to everyone o thier face , Bernie sanders the biggest hyporcrit of thyem all He is milion telling everyolne else to give up thier money qhile he lives in the lap of luxuary. He is a t rij man elling you to remain poor. Tell him tyoto give his money away before he even starts spealking to anyone else
Lol Bernie has worked a day in his life…..
@@xstorm_8_shadowx which day was that
How much of military spending goes to housing, Healthcare, and education of service members, veterans, and their families. These benefits are offered because we do not have mandatory service. Countries that have these programs for citizens have mandatory service.
Thank you Bernie🙏 keep keeping on!
A senior citizen who is for the people and is more mentally astute than most members of Congress, decades younger!
Lol look into his career he is for whatever you want to hear.
And the worst is that americans think he's "left-wing" though on the international political spectrum he's basically a centrist.
@@theothertonydutch That's not really true considering he's a socialist and not a social democrat.
@ImWoolly
What socialist (and I mean properly socialist and not what American's think is socialist) positions or policies does he endorse?
@@breakfreak3181 hes a self described democratic socialist he wouldnt have said that and ruined his career if he wasnt a socialist
He was on the floor rejecting the call for a ceasefire. I imagine his arse must be on the line now.
I always am reminded how many lives the cost of a single drone could change. A single drone costs 10 times what a person makes IN THEIR ENTIRE LIFE...
If All Americans are well informed, they will work for independence from foreign entities (represented by the lobby).
As always, Bernie is 100% correct. We need a congress full of people like him!
Thanks for sharing Bernie
Very sad state of affairs.
Biden endorsed.
Senator Sanders you are one of the few senators who have listened to and have their pulse on the American people's needs and desires. Conversely I have little respect for those who promote, send and spend enormous amount of tax payers money (billions of dollars) to fund war machines and do not adequately take care of the vulnerable and all citizens in the USA.
Where is the economic justice for senior Americans, where is the economic justice for handicapped Americans and our veterans, where is the economic justice for Americans who have no or insufficient healthcare, where is the
economic justice for those who are working yet not able to buy foods for proper nutrition for themselves or theirs? I could go on and on.
Further, Americans neither want or need a dictator or any authoritarian leader (i.e.Donald Trump) who will attempt to impose a political system on Americans after
the North Korea or Russia models of government.
Americans must now develop a stronger mental and fighting spirit, resolve and the sticktoitiveness to convey and demand that those in the house and senate listen to us. In order to combat contagious apathy. "We the People" must categorically affirm that we will not relinquish our principles of American Democracy in any form to foreign or political ideologies that are not congruent with the America Constitution and Democratic values.
I wish he would run independent, I'd vote for him in a heartbeat.
What's worse is there's really no accounting for the weapon costs that are being built. It's a business. The gun manufacturers do the same thing.
And most of that military spending doesn’t go to our troops & their families. As Bernie says, it mainly goes to contractors. He didn’t mention here that contractors often grossly overcharge or under-deliver & that many now do jobs once performed for much lower pay, (& sometimes to higher standards), by US troops.
Also politicians can purchase stocks of those contractor orgs so its a win-win for them. Like big defense contractors make so much. Booz Allen, Lockheed, like almost anything in the DMV area.
but not for universal health care....
Senator Sanders! You are an example of what compassion means. It’s not the fassionable thing to stand up for ordinary Palestines!
Thanks Beloved Senator Sanders! ❤❤❤
I am proud to have Senator Sanders as my US Senator. Thank you for speaking the truth on these issues.
the safety of millions of human on the planet depend on the awareness of Americans. When they elect the same president or same category of president, they allow the continuity of the suffering of other people
I agree with you...and I'm so sorry. Many in this country lack the ability to think critically and are deficient in empathy, both of which are the problem. Some of us see exactly what's going on, but we are the minority. I have little hope and a lot of guilt.
I do try: I educate myself, I think, then I vote. But I am only one person.
@@sandrab2884 Do not worry, a river is made from tiny droplets of water.
Money goes directly to defense contractors
Workers of the world unite
Hi Bernie, et al. What practical steps can be taken to have AIPAC be registered as a foreign agent?
Think you’d have to prove they’re taking money from Israel. Not saying they aren’t, not saying they are, but as far as I know nobody has seen proof of it.
He is the perfect example of a leader of the Western civilized world democracy
Thank you Mr Sanders.
Was it mitch mcconnell that said, we aren't sending money to Ukraine, we're giving it to defense contractors? At least he was honest I guess....
Not all foreign aid is weapons. Not even close.
God Bless you truth speaking man!
Yes sir. Thank you Senator Sanders
I will never understand why some people need to read the truth rather than it flowing freely
If All Americans are well informed, their anger will not allow anyone to mess up with their tax money..
That is a huge ''IF''
Born Nov., 1945 in Oregon, and moved to California in 1948. Guess what? We had very decent new and government financed, housing, for all 7 of us, which gave us financially stressed people a good start in life. Mexicans, European white people, African Americans, Oklahomans--All of us together receiving Government sponsored good schools, housing, coaches for sports in the new facilities, free local health care and the support of reasonably paid jobs. All of this due to the ability to care for the population which was educated and supported. You could say that I have benefited, including almost free University, to become a medical doctor and have thrived in my ability to navigate a fair and prosperous country. That was turned on its head by 1980 when the disgusting pursuit of wealth started the rot that the U S has created. Dog eat dog country now. You want strength as an American? Then support each other as we were before.
So very true all the news wants to do is distract distract distract in ternus against each other instead of working with each other cause I feel all of us want the same things Maybe not the large corporations in the rich but the average Joe once just a decent life
Yep, prior to Reagan, you could obtain a nearly tuition-free education in California...at a UC no less! But we like to vote for people with the gift of charisma, without looking at their past actions or any potential conflicts of interest, and then wonder why life is so hard!?
Buying into propaganda and overt culture-war division has ruined our country.
Thank you for your post.
RFK, Jr. has spoken out the most vehemently about this subject.
But no reparations for decendants of Slavery?😮
I called my legislators again yesterday. It seems hopeless. Thank you, Bernie
I did too and they are all reading from the same script as Kirby!
Thank you for your efforts. We can never know what impact we might be having 🤞
As George Orwell pointed out in 'The Road to Wigan Pier', politicians constantly told the people that the government simply couldn't afford to eliminate poverty. Yet when the ruling classes' own finance and security was menaced by the First World War they were suddenly able to spend as much money on armaments per day as would have swept away every slum in Wigan.
Mr. Sanders is pointing out the results of the Industrial Military Complex.
The one who got away, we'll always support you Bernie!
Thank you, Bernie.
Democracy is the government of the people, by the people and for the people!!!
Yep and America is FAAAAR from that
Im thankful there is a soup kitchen, Salvation Army, and Social Services.
This man's acuity is spot on.
Funny how the DNC thought him unelectable.
We'd be at the end of his second term.
He IS a medical doctor
He is unelectable. Trump: "So you're a socialist?" Bernie: "A Democratic Socialist, yes."
Trump gets elected. Too many people in the US are (wrongfully) afraid of the word "socialist".
Personally I agree with him on a lot of policy.
The DNC is owned by corporations. Biden just said he's allowing more oil drilling in Alaska because he didn't want to make the oil companies mad
And so much better off at this point
Because he was a threat to their power.