Sen. Bernie Sanders deserves mad props for spending a long, long day "reminding the world that lack of jobs and declining incomes are bad things." Here's how he began:
"I am simply here today to take as long as I can to explain to the American people the fact that we have got to do a lot better than this agreement provides."
Which he proceeded to do throughout the day, eloquently speaking about the vast income inequality in America today. He was joined in the first half of his 8.5 hour day by Sens. Sherrod Brown and Mary Landrieu:
Crooks and Liars captured a few of the highlights. Here he is describing how many children in the United States live in poverty as opposed ot the rest of the industrialized world.
And this is a good one: "Addressing usury, banking issues and credit card companies in particular, Sanders calls them 'loan sharks and extortionists, no different than gangsters.'"
Thanks for saying, Sen. Sanders.