Bernie Sanders was interviewed tonight and celebrated the huge effort behind keeping Social Security from being cut in the current budget deal.
Sanders acknowledged the huge rally effort against Republicans, Wall Street and the President. He also acknowledged the huge fail of the budget to meet the needs of our society but onward upward.
Congratulation to the thousands who worked to Save Social Security and now working to expand it!
This is breaking, sorry no transcript as yet.
Momentum is building~!
Momentum Building for Expanding Social Security Benefits
It’s time to reshape the debate around Social Security. For too long Democrats have been playing defense, working to protect Social Security benefits from cuts when really we need to EXPAND Social Security benefits. Now a growing number of voices are calling for Social Security expansion — and they’re beginning to turn the conversation.
In June, the PCCC put together a coalition of over 30 national groups representing over 20 million Americans leading the movement to expand Social Security benefits including the PCCC, AFL-CIO, National Organization for Women, Social Security Works, Latinos for a Secure Retirement, MoveOn, Democracy For America, and CREDO Action.
Momentum is growing! In 2014, the PCCC will ask candidates to campaign and win on this big idea and others — and in the process, spend millions educating the public about the need to expand Social Security benefits. Click here to help us elect progressives who support expanding Social Security benefits and other bold ideas in 2014!
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What Senator Sanders brought to the table....
Even as negotiators struggle to write a final fiscal 2014 budget, one of Congress‘ most liberal lawmakers laid out his own vision for what the government’s priorities should be — complete with big jumps in taxes and social spending and cuts at the Pentagon.
Sen. Bernard Sanders, Vermont independent, says that rather than talking about lowering entitlements, the federal government should ask wealthy individuals and major Wall Street companies to pony up to expand the social safety nets.
Mr. Sanders is one of the 29 negotiators working to hammer out a budget. Most of his ideas already have been ruled out by Republicans, who adamantly have rejected tax increases, underscoring the wide gulf between the two sides.
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