“Four years ago when I was here and talked about raising the minimum wage, it was a radical idea. Since then, seven states and the Congress have done it. Four years ago when we talked about climate change being an existential threat to the planet, again, that was deemed to be pretty outside the box.…”— Bernie Sanders, capitalandmain.comTagged: Election 2012, Minimum Wage, Congress, Climate Change
“Over the last 30 years, the top one percent have seen a $21 trillion increase in their wealth, [while the] bottom half of America [has had] a decline in their wealth. A lot of that is attributable to the agenda of the wealthy. And that agenda is brought about, is implemented, by their campaign contr…”— Bernie Sanders, capitalandmain.comTagged: Wealth Inequality, the 1%, Campaign Financing