Bernie

Out of all of the good news that came out of our mid-term election, the best is that 65% of Vermont voters elected to send their self-described socialist and eight-term congressman, Bernie Sanders, to the U.S. Senate. That’s absolutely terrific news because middle-middle class and lower-middle class folks all across the country will have in him the best possible advocate for their issues—like making college education more affordable, protecting Social Security, expanding access to lower-cost prescription drugs, labor law reform, raising the minimum wage, preventing pension abuse and promoting trade policies that protect rural and manufacturing jobs.



Here’s a snippet of what we can expect to hear from Bernie on the senate floor:

"The time is long overdue for the United States Senate and House to start representing the working families of America and not just the rich and the powerful. The time is long overdue to end the national disgrace of childhood poverty while we give hundreds of billions in tax breaks to people who don't need it."

"And the time is long overdue for the United States of America to join the rest of the industrial world and provide health care to every many woman and child as a right of citizenship.”

And this:

"I am prepared to stand up to the big-money interests," he said, his voice rising and his signature New York accent growing more pronounced with every syllable. "I am prepared to talk about the growing gap between rich and poor. I'm prepared to talk about the fact that, in many ways, we are becoming an oligarchic society with a few people on top who have tremendous wealth while the middle class is shrinking, people are working very, very hard to keep their heads above water and poverty is increasing.”

"How many people do you know in the Senate who talk about that issue? Well, I will talk about that issue."

No matter his committee assignment, you can take it to the bank that he will unfailingly agitate for social, economic, and civil liberties justice for us all. I can hardly wait to hear and see him in action on the senate floor.