5 Quotes by Bernie Sanders about class

  • Author Bernie Sanders
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    The billionaire class fully understands what is at stake. That's why a handful of them are pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into the current elections. Their goal is not to strengthen the middle class, but continue the trend in which the rich are getting richer at the expense of everyone else.

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  • Author Bernie Sanders
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    We have to say to the billionaire class, enough is enough. You cannot have it all. You are going to pay more in taxes.

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  • Author Bernie Sanders
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    In the 1980s and 1990s, Jack Welch, the CEO of General Electric, laid off over 100,000 employees. His reward? When he retired from GE, he received a golden parachute of over $400 million dollars. This is the kind of corporate greed and irresponsibility that is destroying the middle class and must be ended.

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  • Author Bernie Sanders
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    Are we prepared to take on the enormous political power of the billionaire class or do we continue to slide into economic and political oligarchy?

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    As a result of the digital age and the decline of first-class mail, there is no question that the Postal Service must change and develop a new business model.

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