What are the moral implications? What do these people do when they have tremendous amounts of money? They use that money to perpetuate their own wealth and their own power. Every day, Congress works on behalf of big-money interests.
Bernie SandersIt is not good enough to say, "Well, hey, I vote every two years. I vote every four years." That's fine, but that is not good enough.
Bernie SandersTwo-thirds of the directors at the New York Fed are hand-picked by the same bankers that the Fed is in charge of regulating.
Bernie SandersAfter all, Wall Street is clearly the most powerful lobbying force on Capitol Hill. From 1998 through 2008, the financial sector spent over $5 billion in lobbying and campaign contributions to deregulate Wall Street.
Bernie SandersThe focus, to my mind, is to make sure that Donald Trump does not become president of the United States. I think by temperament he is unqualified to be president. I think his views - you have a guy who's running for president who rejects science, doesn't even believe climate change is real, let alone wants to do something about it, wants to give hundreds of billions of dollars in tax breaks to the top two-tenths of one percent.
Bernie Sanders