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Class June 27, 2011
Bernie Sanders Tells Obama, ‘We Will Not Balance the Budget on the Backs of Working Families’
Read the full text of Senator Bernie Sanders's statement to Congress on the balancing the budget.
Bernie Sanders
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Economic Policy September 30, 2010
Hands Off Social Security
A White House deficit commission is reportedly considering deep benefit cuts for Social Security. We can and must address our deficit without punishing America’s workers, senior citizens, the disabled, widows and orphans.
Bernie Sanders
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Politics July 22, 2010
Bernie Sanders: No To Oligarchy
While the middle class disappears and more Americans fall into poverty, the wealthiest people in our country are using their wealth and political power to protect their privileged status at everyone else's expense.
Bernie Sanders
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Politics January 14, 2010
Blueprint for Dems
Democrats have tried to act "bipartisan" while Republicans got obstructionist, and the Dems are paying for it.
Bernie Sanders
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Economy September 22, 2008
Rescue Wall Street–and the Rest of Us
Any Wall Street bailout must also impose tax increases for the wealthy, market reforms and address the needs of middle class Americans caught in the crunch.
Bernie Sanders
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Climate Change November 27, 2007
Global Warming Is Reversible
The technology exists to solve environmental problems and improve our standard of living.
Bernie Sanders
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Executive Branch January 19, 2006
A Patriotic Challenge
Preserve our nation's core democratic principles by introducing significant reforms to the Patriot Act.
Bernie Sanders
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Globalization January 15, 2004
The View From Mexico
This past November, along with six other members of the US Congress, I visited Mexico on a Teamsters-sponsored trip in order to assess what NAFTA has done to Mexico.
Bernie Sanders
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May 22, 2002
Corporate Welfare at its Worst
The United States has a $6 trillion national debt, a growing deficit and is borrowing money from the Social Security Trust Fund in order to fund government services.We can no longer afford to pro
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