In a speech on the Senate floor on Tuesday morning, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced his vision for a progressive economic agenda that he says could restore shared prosperity, reinvigorate the middle class, and mitigate a host of social crises that stem from the current system that has created great wealth for a select few while systematically eroding the quality of life for the many.
“Are we prepared to take on the enormous economic and political power of the billionaire class or do we continue to slide into economic and political oligarchy?”
—Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)Detailing twelve economic areas that need immediate attention and major overhauls, Sanders indicated his plan is driven by the neeed to re-establish the status of the middle class as the key indicator of overall economic health.
“The American people must make a fundamental decision,” Sanders said. “Do we continue the 40-year decline of our middle class and the growing gap between the very rich and everyone else, or do we fight for a progressive economic agenda that creates jobs, raises wages, protects the environment and provides health care for all?”
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