Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) conceded the Democratic Nevada caucus in a Saturday speech, noting that his presidential campaign has come a long way in the past few months.
“Five weeks ago, we were 25 points behind in the polls and we have made some real progress,” Sanders told his supporters about his standing in Nevada.
“What this entire campaign has been about is the issue of momentum, is the issue of bringing more and more people into the political process,” he continued, noting that people are starting to hear his message.
The Vermont senator then turned to his core campaign message about money in politics and income inequality.
“We will not allow billionaires and their super PACs to continue to buy elections in the United States of America. And the American people are catching on that we have a rigged economy. “And together we are going to create an economy that works for all of us and not just the top one percent.”
Sanders thanked his supporters and said he believes he has “an excellent chance to win many” of the Super Tuesday primaries in March.
But he took a subtle hit at his rival Hillary Clinton, who he has repeatedly tied to Wall Street.
“We are going to be taking on a very powerful and well-funded super PAC, a super PAC that receives significant amounts of money from Wall Street and wealthy special interests,” he said.
He came closer than thought . . .
But as the old tried and true saying goes…
He’s a very very good man…
~OGD~
I wouldn’t mind him appointed to Secretary of the Treasury, although highly doubtful Hillary would do that.
I am so tired of Sanders continual harping about Wall Street and our rigged economy. If he has specific examples state what they are and what the resolution of the problem is. In my case my father was a semi skilled laborer with an eighth grade education. Of my six siblings five went to college with four getting degrees ( two doing graduate work, one with a masters one almost doctorate). Our two children both have advanced degrees from college, one masters and one LLM. So the world is not totally rigged against the comman guy. We as a democracy can not survive unless we have a sense of community. Constantly beating the drum of negativity does not help our country. That is not to say we don’t have things to work on, we definitely do, but let us work on it as a community with ownership in society. Additionally I have been to a Bernie rally. Again he rants in generalities against Wall Street and the rigged economy as many of those in the crowd rely on Wall Street for their 401K to give the return they need.
Please do not take this to mean there are not truths in Bernie’s message - there are. For me the message needs to be more specific, more sense of community, and far more uplifting.
Enough of my soap box!
It would be nice, if more folks like Bernie would open businesses and run them their way …the market will decide who’s right – I say this as a businessman and Credit Union member.
Well, if we had decent pensions, we wouldn’t need these 401Ks whose main purpose is to transfer wealth into the banking system. All that money I’ve got saved up in my 401K - I’m going to lose somewhere between 10 and 20% just to “management fees”, aka brokers and banks skimming off the top.