No more US military aid to Israel
By: Sen. Sanders; The Guardian The time is long overdue for members of Congress to listen to the American people and end US military aid to the extremist Netanyahu government I am a proud Jewish-American. My father fled Poland in 1921 to escape poverty and antisemitism. Those in his family who stayed were murdered by the Nazis. Since childhood, I
AI Is a Threat to Everything the American People Hold Dear
By: Sen. Bernie Sanders;Â Wall Street Journal It kills jobs, equality, connection, democracy and maybe the human race. Congress must act. The American people are deeply apprehensive about the impact that artificial intelligence will have on their lives. A recent Quinnipiac poll found that 55% of Americans think AI will do more harm than good, 70% think AI will lead to
Yes, the rich must start paying their fair share of taxes
By: Sen. Bernie Sanders; The Guardian We need a 5% wealth tax on America’s 938 billionaires. Over a 10-year period, this bill would raise much-needed $4.4tn for public coffers Never before in American history have so few had so much wealth and power. Today, the top one per cent owns more wealth than the bottom 93%. One man, Elon Musk,
We can reverse America’s decline
By: Sen. Bernie Sanders; The Guardian It is not good enough just to criticize Trump. We must offer a positive vision that will improve the lives of Americans At this difficult moment in American history, it’s imperative that we have the courage to be honest with ourselves. The United States, once the envy of the world, is now a nation
We need to cap credit card interest rates at 10%, Trump is right
Sen. Bernie Sanders; Fox News Permanent cap on credit card interest rates would stop Wall Street bank ‘extortion’ of working families We live in a nation of unprecedented wealth and income inequality — where a handful of billionaires are getting much richer while the working class falls further and further behind. Just since Election Day, while millions of Americans are
