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‘Stop Defending The Status Quo Economically’: Bernie Sanders Demands A ‘Decent Standard Of Living’ For All
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5/5/2025
During a May Day rally speech on Thursday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) spoke about the need to reform the nation’s economy.
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But brothers and sisters, our job right now, in my view, is twofold.
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First, we have got to fight Trump every single day.
00:19
But secondly, we need to have a vision as to where our country goes in the future.
00:32
And here is the bottom line, and I say that to my Democratic colleagues in the Congress.
00:39
Stop defending the status quo economically.
00:49
An economy in which the rich get richer and working people struggle should not be defended.
01:00
So there are a number of things that we have got to keep our eyes on.
01:04
And understand, please, you are living in the richest country in the history of the world.
01:10
It is not a radical idea.
01:14
It is not utopian to say that every man, woman, and child can and should have a decent standard of living.
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And at the top of the list of what we have got to do is to end a corrupt campaign finance system.
01:39
A system that allows billionaires in both political parties to control the political process and our economy.
01:57
Brothers insistence, democracy is about one person, one vote, not billionaires buying elections.
02:07
And if we're going to deal with the massive income and wealth inequality that currently exists,
02:17
we're going to not give the rich tax breaks.
02:20
We're going to demand that the billionaires and their corporations start paying their fair share of taxism.
02:27
And if we're going to build the movement that we need to take power in this country,
02:37
we need to grow the trade union movement in this country.
02:42
Right now, there are millions of workers who want to join unions.
02:52
They're unable to do so because of the illegal behavior of corporations.
02:58
And that's why we're going to pass the PRO Act.
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And if workers, a majority of workers sign a union card, they're going to belong to a union.
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Brothers and sisters, we need to raise the minimum wage in this country to a living wage.
03:23
No worker, no worker, no worker working 40 hours a week should live in poverty.
03:33
And brothers and sisters, if we're going to compete in the global economy,
03:39
we need the best educated workforce in the world.
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And that is making not only our public colleges and universities tuition free.
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It means paying our teachers a wage that they deserve.
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There is no reason why we should not be having the best public education in the world
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and the best child care system in the world.
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