Here is his short but so complete statement on the credit rating:
Statement on U.S. Credit Rating
“I find it interesting to see S&P so vigilant now in downgrading the U.S. credit rating. Where were they four years ago when they, and other credit rating agencies, helped cause this horrendous recession by providing AAA ratings to worthless sub-prime mortgage securities on behalf of Wall Street investment firms? Where were they last December when Congress and the White House drove up the national debt by $700 billion by extending Bush's tax breaks for the rich?”
I have to wonder why so many support the Democratic Party when it is another version of the Republican party. I have to wonder why Democrats will try to bolster up a failing Capitalist system that is clearly not sustainable when we have an alternative. I have to wonder why Democrats wring their hands pleading with their "leaders" to fight for single payer health coverage when Vermont has set the example for years. I have to wonder how much longer the followers of a totally useless Democratic Party will waste time and energy that could be used to save our country. Why people, why?
I am a charter member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) WE have tried to help the Democratic Party live up to its stated values because they are so much like ours, It is getting tiresome for me. I get Senator Sanders e-mail newsletters regularly and he is consistently on the mark and in tune with what the Democratic party claims to stand for. His newsletters are what he says on the floor of the Senate. He is alone. The Democratic Party acts like he does not exist. Why? What have I missed? If you read the diaries here you get the feeling the authors have come up with ideas on their own that Bernie is telling the Senate every day. What is going on?
I am a serious supporter of the ideals proclaimed by most democrats. Yet when it comes to action there is no there there.
The situation has reached crisis stage and we see the same charade acted out. It is time to decide folks. Which side are you really on?