The Distress Signal

Senator Bernie Sanders

Thanks, Bernie.

Now one of the things that we’re going to see going on is that while we struggle with a record breaking deficit and a large national debt; caused by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, caused by tax breaks for the wealthy, caused by an unpaid for medicare part D prescription drug program, caused by the wall-street bailout; driving up the deficit, driving up the national debt.

Then some people can say, Oh my goodness, we got all of those expenses, and then we got to give tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires, but we want to balance the budget. Ghee, how are we going to do that?

Well obviously we know how they are going to do that. We’re going to cut back on healthcare, we’re going to cut back on education, we’re going to cut back on childcare, we’re going to cut back on pelt programs. We just don’t have enough money for working families and their needs. We’re going to cut back on food stamps, we surly are not going to expand unemployment compensation. We got a higher priority, Mr. President, we have got to, got to, got to, give tax breaks to billionaires. That’s what this whole place is about isn’t it? They fund the campaigns they get what’s due them.