And the economic power of corporate America? We had the business round table coming to
Washington a couple of months ago, and they're saying, "We Corporate Leaders of
America believe that you should make massive cuts in Social Security and in
Medicare." There is a war going on
against the working families of America.
That's very clear. That is the
issue. There are a hundred different
issues out there, but that is the issue that I am going to be focusing on, and
I think we all have got to pay a lot of attention to. All right?
Rob Kall: I think my
readers think that the corporations have taken over most of Congress except for
you and a handful of other people. What
can our listeners -
Bernie Sanders: The answer is, we know what the -- this gets
back to the letter I just wrote. I mean,
clearly the answer is overturning Citizen's United and moving to public funding
of elections. Also, election reform
which would make it easier for people to vote: all day voting, make it easier
for people to vote by postcard, encourage people to participate in the political
process, as opposed to the way many Republican Governors are doing, which is
now making it harder for people to vote.
We've got to do those two things, but those things will not happen
unless we have a strong, grass-roots, Progressive movement which is electing
people at the local, State, and national level into office to fight for a
Progressive agenda.
Rob Kall: And where
can people go to support this new, Progressive campaign?
Bernie Sanders: The website is www.bernie.org . What we have just done is we have a Progressive PAC. It's called "The Progressive Voters of
America," and what we're going to do with this money that we're raising is we
are going to help Progressive candidates at every level of government try to
get elected. Sometimes you have great
candidates, who a few thousand dollars can make the world of difference, and
we're going to try to get it to them; not just candidates of Senate, or even
the House, but the State Legislatures, and local government.
So I think that we have got to do everything that
we can to formulate a strong Progressive agenda that is protecting Social
Security, real tax reform, dealing with Global Warming, and moving toward a
single-payer national health care system, dealing with this horrendous student
loan situation so that we can make college affordable for everybody.
There's a long list of things we've got to do, but
we ain't going to do 'em unless there are millions and millions of people at
the grass-roots saying, "I'm involved, I'm going to fight, I'm going to elect
good people, I'm going to hold them accountable." That's what we're trying to do, so if anyone
wants to help, then go to our website, which is Bernie.org , and we'd love to have 'em on board.
Rob Kall:
Awesome. I'm solidly behind
you. One last question: can you make any
comment about Opednews?
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